People v. Sledge

Clarence Sledge, the defendant, was convicted of robbery in a jury trial in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County and sentenced to three to seven years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. The defendant was tried before a jury at the same time as his codefendant, Jackson, was tried in a bench trial. A summary of the testimony of all the witnesses is set out in People v. Jackson, 71 Ill App2d 293, — NE2d —, which opinion was handed down this same day.

In his brief the defendant, Sledge, admits that there was sufficient evidence adduced at the trial to warrant the jury’s…