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PEOPLE v. BERLAND

Nos. 50012, 50534 cons.

74 Ill.2d 286 (1978)

385 N.E.2d 649

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ALBERT BERLAND et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Supplemental opinion filed on denial of rehearing February 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, Lee T. Hettinger and Joan S. Cherry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Harry J. Busch and Sherman C. Magidson, of Chicago, for appellee Albert Berland.

Richard T. Franch and Eugene R. Wedoff (Jenner & Block, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Louis Wolf.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Louis Wolf and Albert Berland, were convicted of arson with intent to defraud an insurer (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 20-1(b)) after a joint bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. Both were sentenced to terms of 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary and fined $10,000. The appellate court reversed the convictions...

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