PEOPLE v. LIAPIS

No. 55068.

3 Ill. App.3d 864 (1972)

279 N.E.2d 368

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES LIAPIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

February 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Tuite, of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Tereance J. Mahoney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Liapis, was indicted on two counts for the crime of arson. After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the defendant was found guilty on both counts and the court imposed a sentence of one to five years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

The issues presented on appeal are: whether there is sufficient proof in the record to sustain the conviction...

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