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PEOPLE v. MORTON

No. 80-378.

95 Ill. App.3d 280 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 1276

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CECIL L. MORTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied May 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and Peter A. Carusona, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

John A. Barra, State's Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Kenneth A. Wilhelm, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and vacated in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Peoria County, the defendant, Cecil L. Morton, was found guilty of burglary and arson. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced the defendant to two concurrent terms of 6 years' imprisonment. He appeals, arguing (1) that the State failed to prove him guilty of arson beyond a...

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