PEOPLE v. KUESIS

No. 53247.

83 Ill.2d 402 (1980)

415 N.E.2d 323

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CHARLES KUESIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner and William J. Scott, Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Mark L. Rotert, and Donald B. Mackay, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr, Joel A. Stein and Christine A. Campbell, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Timothy P. O'Neill, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Charles Kuesis, was charged with burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 19-1). He was found guilty after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. At the conclusion of a sentencing hearing, the court imposed a sentence of 2 1/2 to 7 1/2 years in the penitentiary. The defendant appealed. The appellate court, pursuant to Supreme...

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