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PEOPLE v. WEST

No. 5-92-0875.

636 N.E.2d 1239 (1994)

264 Ill. App.3d 176

201 Ill.Dec. 807

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dwight WEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

July 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold K. Pike, III, Centralia, James J. Gomric, James J. Gomric, P.C., Belleville, for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Rosalyn Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Terence M. Madsen, Kathy Shepard, Asst. Attys. Gen., Springfield, for appellee.

Presiding Justice WILLIAM A. LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Dwight West, appeals his convictions by a jury for the offenses of arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1 (West 1992)) and aggravated arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1 (West 1992)). On appeal, defendant contends (1) that the State's expert witness should not have been allowed to testify as an expert on the cause and origin of the fire either (a) as a matter of public policy or (b) since the expert's investigation...

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