People v. Hendricks

Defendant, Robert Hendricks, was indicted with Arthur Jones (not a party to this appeal) for armed robbery. At their joint trial Hendricks and Jones were represented by the same assistant public defender. A jury found the two men guilty as charged. Defendant Hendricks was sentenced to a term of 10 to 25 years, and has appealed.

The complainant, Mrs. Choon Bae Roh, could understand English, but had difficulty with the language. She, therefore, testified through an interpreter of the Korean language. In April of 1974 she and her husband opened a wig shop on the south side of Chicago. The shop…