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PEOPLE v. MANIKOWSKI

No. 5-94-0627.

679 N.E.2d 840 (1997)

228 Ill. App.3d 157

223 Ill.Dec. 389

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allen Bernard MANIKOWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Lawrence J. O'Neill, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Defendant-Appellant.

Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, James R. Benson, Contract Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Presiding Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

Our founding fathers enshrined certain freedoms into the constitution. Those freedoms are our birthright, a legacy passed down from our ancestors. Although we tend to take them for granted, the liberty they embody and guarantee is the strength of our democracy. Liberty has been our nation's call to arms. For some of us, liberty's guarantee has not come easy.

Defendant was drafted into the Army in...

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