People v. Goffman

The defendant, Paul Coffman, was convicted of robbery after a trial before a judge of the criminal.court of Cook County and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than 20 years. On this writ of error his sole contention is that his conviction must be reversed because he was twice placed in jeopardy for the same offense in violation of section 10 of article II of the constitution.

The defendant was indicted under indictment No. 59-134 and charged with robbery of “property that then and there was in the care, custody and control of * * * Marie…