People v. Patterson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ADESKO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Lee Patterson, Sandra Miller, and Russell Brown were charged with the crime of robbery. Defendant Patterson was convicted in a bench trial and sentenced to two to five years in the penitentiary. The co-defendants were acquitted. Defendant Patterson appeals his conviction on the grounds that he was not proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt and that he was improperly denied his right to a free preliminary hearing transcript. We need set out the conflicting testimony at trial in some detail.

The complaining witness, Emma Gallatz,…