PEOPLE v. GRASS

No. 5-83-0570.

126 Ill. App.3d 540 (1984)

467 N.E.2d 393

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH A. GRASS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Blue and Larry R. Wells, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Kenneth R. Boyle and Stephen E. Norris, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joseph A. Grass, was adjudged guilty after a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County of criminal damage to property exceeding $300, a felony, in violation of section 21-1(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 21-1(a)). He contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of misdemeanor...

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