Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County defendant, Melvin Smith, was convicted of two counts of armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18-2(a) now 720 ILCS 5/18-2 (West 1992)), and sentenced to a 14-year term of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
On appeal, defendant contends (1) defense counsel's presentation of an alibi defense which did not correspond to the...
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