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PEOPLE v. SIFUENTES

No. 1-90-2200.

618 N.E.2d 643 (1993)

248 Ill. App.3d 248

188 Ill.Dec. 73

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gabriel SIFUENTES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Rita A. Fry and Lester Finkle, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Jack O'Malley, Renee Goldfarb, Veronica X. Calderon and Christopher Daddino, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Presiding Justice McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of aggravated arson and sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals his conviction contending that the State did not present sufficient competent evidence to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We reverse and remand because the trial court relied on an expert's opinion, where the expert's testimony showed that he had no proper basis for...

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