PEOPLE v. HESTER

No. 79-57.

76 Ill. App.3d 945 (1979)

395 N.E.2d 704

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEONARD HESTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence J. Hopkins, State's Attorney, of Benton (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Robert L. Butler, of Marion, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the Court:

Defendant was charged in a two-count indictment with the offenses of burglary and theft of property of a value exceeding $150. At a bench trial, one police officer testified that he had advised the defendant of his rights. Another officer testified that he was present when the first officer read the defendant his Miranda rights and the defendant indicated that he understood...

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