People v. Coleman

After a hearing, the defendant was found guilty of violation of probation and sentenced to not less than six nor more than ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary to run concurrently with the sentence imposed in another robbery conviction. The defendant appeals, contending that at his hearing on probation violation he was not accorded due process of law when he was denied a continuance for time to bring in a witness to prove an alibi defense.

The defendant was granted probation for five years for the crime of armed robbery on July 29, 1968. On January 8, 1971, he was convicted of robbery…