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PEOPLE v. WHITE

No. 15556.

78 Ill. App.3d 979 (1979)

397 N.E.2d 1246

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GORDON L. WHITE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Charles M. Schiedel, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, and Nancy Porter, law student, for appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Marc D. Towler, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

Escape — jury trial — defense of necessity — guilty — 2 years' probation.

We affirm.

On July 6, 1978, defendant was serving a sentence for a felony theft and failed to return to the Urbana Community Correctional Center in Urbana from an authorized job interview that day. The defendant testified that he called a friend after...

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