PEOPLE v. HOUSTON

No. 4-87-0913.

174 Ill. App.3d 584 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 292

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DAVID FLOYD HOUSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied October 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Karen Munoz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jeffrey K. Davison, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and William P. Ryan, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 20, 1987, in the circuit court of Macon County, defendant David Houston was tried in absentia and found guilty by a jury of two counts of burglary in violation of section 19-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 19-1). Defendant was sentenced in absentia to six years' imprisonment and...

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