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PEOPLE v. MEEKER

No. 79-219.

86 Ill. App.3d 162 (1980)

407 N.E.2d 1058

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DON CHARLES MEEKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and E. William Hutton, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Lawrence Eaton, State's Attorney, of Newton (Martin N. Ashley, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

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

Defendant, Don Charles Meeker, was charged by information with arson and burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, pars. 19-1, 20-1), involving the destruction by fire of the Hidalgo Independent Christian Church, Hidalgo, Illinois. Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Jasper County defendant was convicted on both counts and sentenced to a single term...

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