Legal Opinion

People v. DiVito

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 6, 1966No. Gen. 50,044PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This involves an appeal from a judgment finding the defendant guilty of the offense of robbery by force. The defendant was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of 1 to 5 years. The trial was by the court without a jury.

The defendant’s only point on this appeal is that since he had been a guest in an apartment previous to the commission of a robbery therein, the discovery of the defendant’s fingerprint in the apartment after the commission of the robbery does not establish that the defendant committed the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. The People v. StrongIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  2. The People v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Anthony v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
  4. State v. . MintonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  5. The People v. AldridgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1960

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. People v. CarruthersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  2. People v. PuenteAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  3. People v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
  4. People v. RoweAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  5. People v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976

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