PEOPLE v. STENSON

No. 3-96-0875.

694 N.E.2d 204 (1998)

296 Ill. App.3d 93

230 Ill.Dec. 573

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caesar STENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

April 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Gleason, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mount Vernon, for Caesar Stenson.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Atty., Peoria, J. Paul Hoffman, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.


Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant, Caesar Stenson, was found guilty of burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-1 (West 1996)). On December 2, 1988, the circuit court entered judgment on the jury verdict and sentenced defendant to a 10-year prison term. We affirm.

On August 2, 1996, defendant filed a pro se petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West 1996)). Along...

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