PEOPLE v. TURNER

No. 72-253.

15 Ill. App.3d 64 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 527

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VERNON TURNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

October 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Farrell, Deputy Defender, of Mt. Vernon, (Richard E. Cunningham, Assistant Appellate Defender, and Richard L. North, Senior Law Student, of counsel,) for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Walter E. Moehle, State's Attorney, of Nashville, (James B. Zagel and Ronald Hanna, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of burglary in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Washington County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than ten years. In this appeal he questions the sufficiency of the indictment to charge an offense and contends that his sentence was excessive.

The indictment charged that defendant knowingly and without...

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