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PEOPLE v. WICK

No. 59912.

107 Ill.2d 62 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 676

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CHARLES O. WICK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed July 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Dennis Schumacher, State's Attorney, of Oregon (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Ellen M. Flaum, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Phyllis J. Perko and Sally A. Swiss, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Kathleen J. Hamill, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the Court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Ogle County, the defendant, Charles O. Wick, was convicted of aggravated arson (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 20-1.1(a)(3)) and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. The appellate court reversed the conviction (121 Ill.App.3d 94), concluding that the aggravated-arson statute is an unreasonable and...

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