PEOPLE v. VIAR

No. 11325.

131 Ill. App.2d 983 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 872

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MELVIN VIAR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

April 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Zwick, of Defender Project, of Chicago, for appellant.

Robert Bier, State's Attorney, of Quincy, (Matthew A. Hutmacher, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than two nor more than ten years. He now asserts that the information failed to allege the ownership of the burglarized property in a specific entity and it is therefore void. It follows, he says, that information being void...

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