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PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 72346.

595 N.E.2d 1071 (1992)

149 Ill.2d 288

172 Ill.Dec. 401

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Henry JONES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Robert Haida, State's Atty., Belleville (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor Gen., Terence M. Madsen and Mary Brigid Kenney, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris and Kendra S. Mitchell, Office of State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel M. Kirwin, Deputy Defender and Rita K. Peterson, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Henry Jones.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Henry Jones (Jones) was charged by information with armed robbery. (Ill.Rev. Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 18-2.) The information stated that "defendant, while armed with a dangerous weapon, a gun, took property of Lizzie [sic] Harden, being one 1984 green-gray 2-door Buick-Regal, and property of Barbara Clark, being one beige ladies purse from the person of Barbara Clark, by threatening the imminent use of force...

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