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PEOPLE v. COOPER

No. 48533.

66 Ill.2d 509 (1977)

363 N.E.2d 817

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LORENZO P. COOPER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard J. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Danville (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and G. Michael Prall, Principal Attorney, and Stephen M. Deitsch, Staff Attorney, Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide Appellate Assistance Service, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, and Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1971, defendant, Lorenzo Cooper, pleaded guilty to a charge of arson and was sentenced by the circuit court of Vermilion County to a three-year period of probation, the first six months of which were served at the Illinois State Penal Farm. On July 18, 1974, a petition was filed seeking to revoke his probation. It alleged that defendant violated his probation...

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