People v. Gray

Defendant, Fairleigh Gray, was tried jointly with Gerald Williams and Walter Shegog upon a charge of armed robbery of a gasoline station attendant. A jury found them guilty, and Gray was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from 5 to 15 years. Defendant’s writ of error was transferred to this court for disposition, by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Defendant contends trial errors caused by the incompetency of his court appointed counsel, the Public Defender, resulted in “a denial of a fair trial.” He asserts that the trial court erred (1) “in allowing testimony of prosecution witness to go…