PEOPLE v. SEMMA

No. 59044.

19 Ill. App.3d 776 (1974)

312 N.E.2d 746

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALTER SEMMA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

May 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, Robert E. Davison, and P. Kay Adrian, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis and Linda West Conley, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant Walter Semma was found guilty of attempt burglary by a jury and was sentenced to a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 14 years in prison. He contends that the State did not prove the intent necessary to commit attempt burglary, that the trial judge improperly ruled that evidence of prior convictions could be...

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