The People v. Whitehead

The defendants, Willie Whitehead and Richard E. Hudson, were convicted of the crime of robbery in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. Whitehead was sentenced to a term of one to three years in the penitentiary and Hudson to a term of two to seven years. Both defendants appealed their convictions to the appellate court which affirmed the judgments below. (68 Ill. App. 2d 488.) We granted leave to appeal.

The facts are set forth in the appellate court’s opinion and will not be restated here except as necessary.

On this appeal, defendants argue that the appellate court erroneously…