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PEOPLE v. ATKINSON

No. 83426.

713 N.E.2d 532 (1999)

186 Ill.2d 450

239 Ill.Dec. 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Dale ATKINSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Michael D. Clary, State's Atty., Danville (Barbara A. Preiner, Sol. Gen., William L. Browers and Darryl B. Simko, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman and Kathy Shepard, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Michele A. Knapp, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Dale L. Atkinson.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Dale Atkinson, was charged by information in Vermilion County with one count of burglary for knowingly entering a motor vehicle, without authority, with intent to commit theft (720 ILCS 5/19-1(a) (West 1994)). A jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of burglary on the basis of accountability. The trial court sentenced defendant to six years' imprisonment. The appellate court, with one justice...

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