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PEOPLE v. ELLIS

No. 12578.

31 Ill. App.3d 666 (1975)

335 N.E.2d 23

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DENNIS ELLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

September 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Bruce Stratton, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Basil G. Greanias, State's Attorney, of Decatur (James R. Coryell, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Dennis Ellis, appeals from his conviction following a jury trial for the offense of burglary and from a sentence imposed of 1 to 3 years' imprisonment. The only issue raised is whether the trial court erred in giving a confession instruction to the jury.

On July 1, 1973, Jim Putnam and Associates, a Decatur, Illinois, commercial art firm, was broken into...

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