People v. Pierce

56 Ill.2d 361 (1974)

308 N.E.2d 577

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee,

v.

ERNEST PIERCE, Appellant.

No. 45606.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 31, 1974.

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.

The defendant, Ernest Pierce, was convicted, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, of armed robbery, aggravated…