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PEOPLE v. VARGAS

No. 82-68.

116 Ill. App.3d 787 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 736

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GARY MAX VARGAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert Morrow, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Phyllis J. Perko and Judith M. Pietrucha, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HOPF delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial before the circuit court of Kane County, the defendant, Gary Max Vargas, was convicted of armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 18-2.) He contends on appeal that the charge should have been dismissed because the State destroyed a tape recording that contained exculpatory information. Alternatively, he urges...

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