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PEOPLE v. LASSITER

No. 52649.

133 Ill. App.2d 353 (1971)

273 N.E.2d 166

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT LEE LASSITER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

June 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Ackerman and Thomas P. Durkin, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and George Pappas, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

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

In thirteen separate indictments, defendant was charged with arson and murder. He waived trial by jury, was found guilty and sentenced to serve thirteen concurrent sentences of 100 to 150 years.

Defendant admits that in the evening of December 11, 1965, he purchased two gallons of gasoline, poured some on the front entrance and doorway of a tavern in Chicago, lit...

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