(DOWNLOAD) "People v. Autman" by Supreme Court of Illinois * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Autman
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 27, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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In separate trials in the circuit court of Will County, Fritz Autman was convicted of armed robbery and David Pulley was convicted of attempted murder. The Pulley jury was unable to reach a verdict on a count charging him with armed robbery. Pulley was sentenced to from 7 to 15 years' imprisonment, and Autman was sentenced to from 2 to 20 years. Both convictions were affirmed by the appellate court (People v. Pulley, 11 Ill. App.3d 292; People v. Autman, 11 Ill. App.3d 300), and this court granted leave to appeal in both cases. The cases have been consolidated here, as both petitioners raise similar legal issues. These cases involve the armed robbery of a Joliet clothing store on December 19, 1970. Two men were involved in the robbery. One man, who was wearing a gray cap, was armed with a sawed-off shotgun. The other man, who was wearing a black leather jacket and a wool ski cap, was armed with a pistol. The store owner, Milton Lewis, testified that the men entered the store at around 5:50 p.m. The man with the shotgun went to the rear of the store where the cash register was located. The other man went to another area of the store and guarded one of the store employees. Lewis activated a burglar alarm connected directly to police headquarters when he saw the shotgun. The man armed with the shotgun took between $200 and $400 from the cash register and left the store by a rear door. The second robber left by the rear door about one minute later. The police arrived just as the second robber was leaving the store, and, after a chase and a gunfight in which the suspect and a policeman were wounded, the man, David Pulley, was apprehended.