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PEOPLE v. SIMMONS

No. 53969.

88 Ill.2d 270 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 1032

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JACK D. SIMMONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Verlin R.F. Meinz, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jack Simmons, was committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections for several felonies. After a time in a high-security prison, he was transferred to the Peoria Community Correctional Center. On November 10, 1977, he was allowed six hours of independent day release to go shopping. An employee of the Correctional Center drove him to a local shopping center and left him,...

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