Legal Opinion
The People v. Martin
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1970No. 41986PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crebs
On August 14, 1966. the defendant, Robert Martin, and codefendant, David Banach, were jointly indicted for armed robbery of a tavern on October 13, 1965, in Burnham, Illinois. On October 14, 1966, Banach pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a term of one to five years in the penitentiary. The defendant herein was arrested in California on June 7, 1967, returned to Illinois in September and, in a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County in January 1969, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to a term of not less than 5 nor more than 15 years in the penitentiary.
Defendant, appealing this…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Charles T. Bennett, Wilbert Haywood, Elmer Jessup, Henry Stanton and Farris ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by67 opinions
- The PEOPLE v. CatlettIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
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