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THE PEOPLE v. McGUIRE

No. 35130.

18 Ill.2d 257 (1960)

163 N.E.2d 832

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. AVERY McGUIRE, JR., Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 22, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD J. WATSON, of Champaign, for plaintiff in error.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, and H.J. McCOWN, State's Attorney, of Tuscola, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Avery McGuire, Jr., brings this writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Douglas County sentencing him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of three to twenty years. The judgment was entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of burglary.

The record shows that McGuire and two companions, Clyde Connour and Rollie Meek, had been drinking for the...

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