Legal Opinion

People v. Lee

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 28, 1971No. 54741, 54767 consPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goldberg

A jury found defendants Jimmie Lee and Tamous Willis guilty of armed robbery. The court sentenced them to a term of nine to twenty years. Their appeals have been consolidated and one brief has been filed, raising a single contention in behalf of both defendants.

At trial, defendants were identified by three eyewitnesses. No point is raised concerning the validity of any of these identifications or the weight of the evidence of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Defendants complain only that three additional witnesses, who made in-court identifications, never identified them “at a properly…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. The PEOPLE v. RosochackiIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
  4. People v. LandghamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
  5. The PEOPLE v. RhodesIllinois Supreme Court · 1969

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. LutzAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974

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