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PEOPLE v. SOWERS

No. 75-170.

36 Ill. App.3d 599 (1976)

344 N.E.2d 800

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARLAND SOWERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Peter B. Nolte, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

W.C. Spomer, State's Attorney, of Cairo (Bruce D. Irish and Myra J. Brown, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-appellant, Harland Sowers, was convicted of armed robbery after a jury trial in Alexander County and sentenced to a term of from 4 to 8 years imprisonment. On appeal defendant contends that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that he was denied a fair trial by statements of the State's Attorney during final argument referring to defendant's failure...

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