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PEOPLE v. ABBOTT

No. 14418.

55 Ill. App.3d 21 (1977)

370 N.E.2d 286

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and John L. Swartz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Paul C. Komada, State's Attorney, of Charleston (Robert C. Perry and Marc D. Towler, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE REARDON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Frank Edward Abbott, was sentenced to 3 to 9 years in the penitentiary after a Coles County jury found him guilty of burglarizing the T.V. Janes Furniture Store in Mattoon in violation of section 19-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 19-1).

On October 2, 1976, Mattoon detective James M. Sestina allegedly was in the course...

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