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PEOPLE v. LeCHUGA

No. 76-193.

56 Ill. App.3d 619 (1978)

372 N.E.2d 400

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELIAS LeCHUGA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed January 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Thomas Freeman, Jr., and Aldo E. Botti, both of Wheaton, for appellant.

Gene L. Armentrout, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE RECHENMACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged with attempt to commit murder in that he shot a police officer with a rifle. He was convicted in a jury trial and sentenced to serve not less than 12 nor more than 20 years in the penitentiary. The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence on the grounds that (1) he was so intoxicated at the time of the shooting that he was incapable of forming the...

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