PEOPLE v. GOINS

No. 62583.

119 Ill.2d 259 (1988)

518 N.E.2d 1014

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ALVIN GOINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Pamela Peters, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and James Ryan, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Kenneth A. Fedinets, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Du Page County, defendant, Alvin Goins, was convicted of residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 19-3), and sentenced to a term of 5 1/2 years. The appellate court affirmed (136 Ill.App.3d 582), and we allowed the defendant...

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