Legal Opinion
People v. Bolden
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 3, 1987No. 85-1014PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stamos
Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence for armed robbery.
Robert Bolden and codefendant, Anthony Konn, were charged by information with armed robbery, aggravated battery, and armed violence. Konn’s case was severed from Bolden’s, and Bolden was tried before a jury and found guilty of all the offenses with which he was charged. The trial judge sentenced defendant Bolden to six years in prison for armed robbery.
The charges against defendant arose from the armed robbery of Thaddus Roby on October 25, 1984. On the evening of October 24, 1984, Mr. Roby attended a wake and then went to a…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by27 opinions
- People v. FoskeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
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- Robert Lee Williams v. Michael Lane, Director, Department of Corrections, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- People v. KiddIllinois Supreme Court · 1997
- People v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
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