People v. Thingvold

Defendant, Raymond Thingvold, was charged by information with the offense of solicitation (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 8—1). He allegedly solicited George Nalan over a period of time to arrange the murder of defendant’s wife, Barbara Thingvold. He was found guilty and sentenced to a prison term of 25 years.

Defendant initially attacks the sufficiency of the information under which he was charged, contending that it failed to properly allege that the offense occurred within the applicable statute-of-limitations period or to adequately plead an exception to the statute. We disagree.

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