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PEOPLE v. STONE

No. 1-92-3050.

653 N.E.2d 1311 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 94

210 Ill.Dec. 849

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James STONE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

July 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender; Maria A. Harrigan, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook; Renee Goldfare, James E. Fitzgerald, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel, for appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Some criminal cases are barely defendable. This is one of those cases.

The defendant was accused of breaking into a car parked in a Jewel parking lot. A security guard testified to finding the defendant in the car, hacking away at its steering wheel with a hammer and screwdriver. The defendant was charged with burglary and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

At trial, the theory of defense was that...

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