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PEOPLE v. RHODES

Nos. 53331, 53560, 53585.

85 Ill.2d 241 (1981)

422 N.E.2d 605

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILBUR RHODES, Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. FAIRL VAN ZANT, Appellee. — In re P.W., a Minor, Appellant (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid, Deputy Defender, and Jeff M. Plesko and John F. Erbes, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Thomas E. Holum, and William M. Wippold, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Tyrone C. Fahner and William J. Scott, Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Thomas E. Holum, and William M. Wippold, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin and Gerry R. Arnold, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Peter A. Carusona, Assistant Defender, of the Office of State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

John H. Reid, Deputy Defender, and John F. Erbes, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Thomas E. Holum, and William M. Wippold, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed. Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed. Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

These three consolidated cases concern the weight to be given fingerprint evidence found at the scene of three separate burglaries. In cause No. 53331, People v. Rhodes, the defendant, Wilbur Rhodes, was convicted of burglary after a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County.

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