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PEOPLE v. PERKINS

No. 1-95-0218.

686 N.E.2d 663 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 624

226 Ill.Dec. 880

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Umberto PERKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

September 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freddrenna M. Lyle, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald and Kay Hanlon, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice LEAVITT delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Umberto Perkins was a probational corrections officer at the Cook County jail in August 1992 when a new inmate, Erdogan Kurap, escaped. In September 1994, a jury convicted defendant of official misconduct (720 ILCS 5/33-3 (West 1992)) and aiding an escape (720 ILCS 5/31-7 (West 1992)) for his role in Kurap's escape. Defendant was sentenced to four years imprisonment for each count, to run concurrently....

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