THE PEOPLE v. DE FILIPPIS

No. 39191.

34 Ill.2d 129 (1966)

214 N.E.2d 897

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN DE FILIPPIS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. EUGENE PINCHAM and CHARLES B. EVINS, both of Chicago, for appellants.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES KLEIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal, here on leave granted to review the decision of the appellate court in People v. DeFilippis, 54 Ill.App.2d 137, presents the question, answered in the affirmative by the appellate court, of whether defendants charged with the crimes of burglary and theft must establish a possessory...

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