People v. Woodley

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants were found guilty by a jury of attempted robbery. They bring this appeal on the ground that they did not receive a fair trial because of improper and prejudicial remarks by the assistant state’s attorney in his final argument to the jury.

The prosecuting witnesses were two officers employed by the Chicago Transit Authority and assigned to patrolling the platforms and trains of that utility. Around 4 a. m. on October 21, 1963, they visited a subway station at State Street and Jackson Boulevard. On the platform of the…