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PEOPLE v. MORGAN

No. 75-312.

44 Ill. App.3d 459 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 280

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VIRGIL MORGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied January 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Hurley and Daniel M. Kirwan, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Robert M. Howerton, State's Attorney, of Marion (Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Virgil Morgan, was found guilty of the offenses of burglary and arson at a jury trial. The defendant was sentenced to two consecutive terms of three years, four months to 20 years' imprisonment. Basically, the defendant was convicted on circumstantial evidence consisting of (1) an implied admission, and (2) a fingerprint on a piece of glass recovered at the...

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