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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 62778.

114 Ill.2d 69 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 470

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. GARY JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Scott Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, 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 RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Gary Johnson, the defendant, was charged by information in the circuit court of Lake County with aggravated arson in that he, on July 30, 1985, by means of fire, knowingly partially damaged a building of another, having reason to know that a person or persons were present therein, in violation of section 20-1.1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 20-1.1(a...

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