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PEOPLE v. SIMS

No. 3-92-217.

614 N.E.2d 893 (1993)

245 Ill. App.3d 221

185 Ill.Dec. 452

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnnie L. SIMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

June 1, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin J. Anderson, Assistant Appellate Defender, Mount Vernon, for Johnnie L. Sims.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Erik I. Blanc, State's Atty., Pekin, Rita Kennedy Mertel, States' Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Presiding Justice McCUSKEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Johnnie L. Sims, was convicted of theft of property from the person (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, pars. 16-1(a)(1), (b)(4)). The defendant was sentenced to a term of five years in the Department of Corrections.

The defendant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of theft of property from the person; and (2) whether...

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