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PEOPLE v. BURRIS

Gen. No. 51,886.

116 Ill. App.2d 79 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 628

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Weldon Burris, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

October 27, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Andre Mandeville, Marshall J. Hartman, and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Thomas M. Walsh, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Weldon Burris, appeals from a conviction of burglary after a jury trial. He was sentenced to a term of 3 to 8 years in the penitentiary.

The defendant contends, on appeal (1) that the trial judge erred by giving the exclusive possession instruction; (2) that this instruction did not satisfy the due process requirements of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments; and (3) that impeachment for...

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