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PEOPLE v. LAZENBY

No. 30767.

403 Ill. 95 (1949)

85 N.E.2d 660

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LESTER SHERMAN LAZENBY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 11, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HAROLD N. LINGLE, of Anna, and GROVER E. HOLMES, of Metropolis, for plaintiff in error.

GEORGE F. BARRETT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOHN PAUL DAVIS, State's Attorney, of Anna, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error was convicted, in the circuit court of Massac County, of the crime of arson, after a trial before a jury, and was sentenced to serve a minimum term of five years in the penitentiary. He brings this writ of error to review the record of his conviction.

On November 2, 1947, at about 3:30 o'clock in the morning, the restaurant...

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