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PEOPLE v. BURNS

No. 85-0055.

171 Ill. App.3d 178 (1988)

524 N.E.2d 1164

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DWIGHT BURNS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Karen Michels, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Bonnie Meyer Sloan, and Robert M. Podlasek, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE PINCHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

In an indictment defendant, Dwight Burns, was charged with armed robbery, residential burglary and home invasion. In another indictment codefendant Darryl Fletcher was similarly charged. Fletcher pled guilty. Following a jury trial the defendant, Burns, was found guilty and was sentenced to 27 years' imprisonment on the armed robbery and home invasion findings and to 15 years' imprisonment...

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