PEOPLE v. STEPPAN

No. 59978.

105 Ill.2d 310 (1985)

473 N.E.2d 1300

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. DONALD STEPPAN, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Mark L. Rotert and David E. Bindi, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Nicholas J. Kritikos, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellee and cross-appellant.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Donald Steppan, was charged by information with burglary, in that he, without authority, entered a motor vehicle with intent to commit therein a theft, and with possession of burglary tools in violation of sections 19-1 and 19-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 19-1, 19-2). Following a bench trial in the circuit...

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