PEOPLE v. BURTON

No. 4-89-0794.

201 Ill. App.3d 116 (1990)

558 N.E.2d 1369

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PAUL BURTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Karen Munoz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Richard E. Goff, State's Attorney, of Clinton (Kenneth R. Boyle and Robert J. Biderman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Section 4-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code), inter alia, states the following:

"(a) A person is not guilty of an offense, other than an offense which involves absolute liability, unless, with respect to each element described by the statute defining the offense, he acts while having one of the mental states described in Sections 4-4 through 4-7. (b) * * * If...

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