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PEOPLE v. BARTO

No. 47663.

63 Ill.2d 17 (1976)

344 N.E.2d 433

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. HARLOW BARTO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Martin Rudman, State's Attorney, of Joliet (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Anne Taylor, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James Geis, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa (Mark W. Burkhalter, Assistant Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 25, 1972, the Orpheum Hotel in Joliet was destroyed by a fire which took the life of George Jorgensen. The defendant, Harlow Barto, confessed to setting the fire and was indicted for arson and murder. Following discussions between the prosecution and the defense, the State nol-prossed the murder charge and filed an information...

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