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PEOPLE v. LONZO

No. 46490.

59 Ill.2d 115 (1974)

319 N.E.2d 481

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BARNEY LONZO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Barry Rand Elden, Assistant State's Attorneys, and John J. Verscaj, law student, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Donald S. Honchell and John Thomas Moran, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Barney Lonzo, was found guilty of the offense of attempted theft, and was sentenced to a term of 60 days in the House of Correction. The complaint charged that on August 29, 1972, "at 55 West Chestnut Street, Chicago, Illinois" the defendant...

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