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PEOPLE v. HARRIS

Gen. No. 51,293.

92 Ill. App.2d 412 (1968)

236 N.E.2d 281

People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. James Lee Harris, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

February 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Marshall J. Hartman 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 and James B. Zagel, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

James Harris was found guilty of armed robbery in a nonjury trial and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than 15 years and not more than 35 years.

About 1:30 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in October 1964, Charles Irwin wanted to cash a check. The banks were closed so he took a bus to a tavern where he knew the proprietor. He bought a six-can carton of beer and cashed the...

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