PEOPLE v. BARNES

No. 70-170.

2 Ill. App.3d 461 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 509

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIE BARNES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

December 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, of Defender Project, of Elgin, for appellant.

William Ketcham, State's Attorney, of Geneva, (W. Ben Morgan, and Leo Wotan, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of Elgin, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Willie Barnes, was indicted for Attempt, (Burglary). He was convicted after a jury trial and sentenced to 2-6 years in the penitentiary.

Defendant argues on appeal that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on the theory that he was accountable for the acts of another under Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 5-2(c). He also contends that it was...

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