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PEOPLE v. AKINS

Gen. No. 51,769.

98 Ill. App.2d 275 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 234

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene Akins, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

July 17, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Norman W. Fishman and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane, Daniel W. Weil, and James Haddad, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court.

On August 9, 1966, defendant was convicted of the crime of armed robbery after a bench trial and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. On appeal he contends that his guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt and that he was deprived of a fair trial by the incompetence of his counsel.*

The complaining witness, Walter...

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