PEOPLE v. SVOBODA

No. 78-182.

75 Ill. App.3d 487 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 72

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES SVOBODA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied September 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and Josette Skelnik, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Gene Armentrout, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Phyllis J. Perko, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Svoboda, was convicted of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 19-1) after a jury trial and sentenced to 18 to 54 months imprisonment. His sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in refusing to give his tendered instruction on prior inconsistent statements (Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Criminal, No. 3.11 (1968), (hereinafter IPI Criminal...

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