PEOPLE v. CHRISTIANSEN

Gen. No. 69-36.

118 Ill. App.2d 51 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 156

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne J. Christiansen, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

December 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Schneider and Galasso, of Chicago, for appellant.

William V. Hopf, State's Attorney of DuPage County, of Wheaton, and Aldo E. Botti, Assistant State's Attorney, for appellee.


PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was found guilty of burglary by a jury's verdict. A motion for a new trial was denied, judgment on the verdict was entered and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three to six years.

On appeal the defendant contends that the trial court erred by refusing one of defendant's instructions; that certain fingerprint evidence, admitted over objection, was in error...

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