PEOPLE v. PANUS

No. 51181.

76 Ill.2d 263 (1979)

391 N.E.2d 376

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DONALD PANUS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Donna Kaner Socol, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong, of the State's Attorney's Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Ronald L. Hamm, of Hamm, Hanna & O'Brien, of Peoria, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Donald Panus, was convicted in a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County of the offense of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 19-1(a)) and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 5 to 15 years. The appellate court reversed and ordered a new trial on the ground that the property taken was not sufficiently identified and that...

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