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PEOPLE v. COOK

No. 81-466.

112 Ill. App.3d 621 (1983)

445 N.E.2d 824

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICKY LEE COOK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed February 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Manuel Serritos, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

JUSTICE VAN DEUSEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 17, 1981, defendant, Ricky Lee Cook, with two others, Michael Anderson and Larry Keen, escaped from the Winnebago County jail by breaking a window on the third floor and sliding down a rope made of blankets. Keen broke his wrist when the rope broke and was apprehended at that point. Cook and Anderson were apprehended shortly thereafter, a few blocks from the jail...

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