The PEOPLE v. Stokes

The defendants Frank Daniel Stokes and Raphael Alphonse Head were indicted in the circuit court of Lake County for the crime of armed robbery. After trial by jury, verdicts were returned finding them guilty as charged and judgments were entered sentencing both to the penitentiary for a term of 9 to 15 years.

Defendants prosecute this writ of error contending that the action of the trial court (1) in permitting counsel of defendants’ own choosing to withdraw six days before trial on oral motion without notice, (2) in refusing to grant court appointed counsel a continuance to investigate and…