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PEOPLE v. OPARAH

No. 3-99-0239.

742 N.E.2d 1272 (2001)

318 Ill.App.3d 886

252 Ill.Dec. 408

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jude OPARAH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie B. Marche, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Jude Oparah.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, James Glasgow, Will County State's Attorney, Joliet, Richard T. Leonard, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Presiding Justice HOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jude Oparah, was convicted of arson and burglary based on intent to commit arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1(a), 19-1(a) (West 1998)) in the Will County circuit court. He now claims that: (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the judge admitted irrelevant and prejudicial evidence; and (3) his arson conviction should be vacated because arson is a lesser included offense...

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