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PEOPLE v. ZEISLER

No. 66301.

125 Ill.2d 42 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 24

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LESTER ZEISLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John R. Clerkin, State's Attorney, of Macomb (Kenneth R. Boyle, John X. Breslin and Walter P. Hehner, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Verlin R. Meinz, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Lester Zeisler, filed a post-conviction petition on March 23, 1987, alleging that his 1981 conviction for aggravated arson (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 20-1.1(a)(1)) should be reversed based on our decision in People v. Johnson (1986), 114 Ill.2d 69, which held section 20-1.1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill...

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