PEOPLE v. MORSE

No. 71-257.

33 Ill. App.3d 384 (1975)

342 N.E.2d 307

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRANK MORSE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied November 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley and Jan H. Stonecipher, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Guy Lahr III, State's Attorney, of Metropolis (William B. Ballard, Jr., of State's Attorneys Task Force, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-appellant, Frank Morse, was convicted of arson after a jury trial in Massac County and was sentenced to serve from 5 to 20 years' imprisonment. On appeal he alleges that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, that the court erred in allowing the State to cross-examine its own witness with prior inconsistent statements, that the court erred in allowing...

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