#### The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvyn Allen, Defendant-Appellant.

(No. 56845;

First District

April 20, 1972.

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Judith C. Smith and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Edward V. Hanrahan, State’s Attorney, of Chicago, (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert A. Novelle and Themis N. Karnezis, Assistant State’s Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.