PEOPLE v. BOWEL

No. 61450.

111 Ill.2d 58 (1986)

488 N.E.2d 995

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LAWRENCE BOWEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John A. Barra, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, Mark L. Rotert and Marie Quinlivan Czech, Assistant Attorneys General, all of Chicago, and John X. Breslin and John M. Wood, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert J. Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Thomas A. Lilien, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County, the defendant, Lawrence Bowel, was found guilty of theft from the person and robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 16-1(a), 18-1). The trial court entered judgment on the robbery verdict only and sentenced the defendant to a term of 5 years. The appellate...

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