PEOPLE v. ACRI

No. 3-95-0336.

662 N.E.2d 115 (1996)

277 Ill. App.3d 1030

214 Ill.Dec. 761

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles J. ACRI, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John X. Breslin Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Marshall E. Douglas, State's Attorney, Rock Island, Judith Z. Kelly, States' Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.

William G. Schick, Rock Island, for Charles J. Acri.


Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Charles J. Acri, was charged with one count of arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1(b) (West 1992)) and one count of insurance fraud (720 ILCS 5/46-1 (West 1992)) after allegedly setting fire to his home in East Moline, Illinois. In response to the defendant's motion in limine, the trial court barred the State from introducing evidence that a dog trained to detect the presence of accelerants at a fire scene...

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