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PEOPLE v. PIERCE

No. 45606.

56 Ill.2d 361 (1974)

308 N.E.2d 577

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ERNEST PIERCE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Pierce, pro se.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth L. Gillis and John M. Cutrone, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ernest Pierce, was convicted, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, of armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping and rape. He was sentenced to concurrent sentences in the penitentiary on each conviction for not less than 25 nor more than 50 years. The appellate court affirmed (9 Ill.App.3d 153) and we granted leave...

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