Judgment reversed.
JUSTICE LUND delivered the opinion of the court:
On July 25, 1988, defendant Carlos Newbern was tried in absentia and found guilty by a jury sitting in the circuit court of Macon County of the offenses of retail theft, battery, and criminal damage to property, in violation of sections 16A-3, 12-3, and 21-1, respectively, of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 16A-3, 12-3, 21-1). On September 6, he was sentenced...
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