PEOPLE v. GARCIA

No. 16464.

95 Ill. App.3d 377 (1981)

420 N.E.2d 221

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JESUS GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed April 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Karen Munoz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Edwin R. Parkinson, State's Attorney, of Jacksonville (Robert J. Biderman and James K. Horstman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Was Garcia entrapped by the police into committing this burglary?

We think not.

He was already predisposed to perpetrate the offense.

A jury found Jesus Garcia guilty of committing a burglary at the Grace Corey residence in Jacksonville, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for 5 years.

On appeal, defendant contends (1) that the State failed to prove...

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