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PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. 52823.

82 Ill.2d 67 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 261

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM H. NELSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Ronald Dozier, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Faith S. Salsburg, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Gary J. Anderson and Robert J. Binderman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Gary R. Peterson, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial in the circuit court of McLean County defendant, William H. Nelson, was convicted of burglary and theft over $150. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of seven years on the burglary count and five years on the theft count, to run concurrently. The appellate court reversed and remanded (77 Ill.App...

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