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PEOPLE v. NEWELL

No. 59837.

103 Ill.2d 465 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 1375

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RICHARD J. NEWELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Samuel Naylor VI, State's Attorney, of Carthage (Mark L. Rotert and Jack Donatelli, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin and Vicki R. Wright, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Hancock County, defendant, Richard Joseph Newell, was convicted of burglary and sentenced to four years' imprisonment. A divided appellate court reversed that conviction (121 Ill.App.3d 552), and we allowed the State's petition for leave to appeal (87 Ill.2d R. 315(a)). We need consider only whether...

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