Legal Opinion

People v. Earl

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 26, 1980No. 79-522, 79-350 consPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stouder

Defendants George Earl and David Wilken were charged by information with burglary. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Mercer County, both defendants were found guilty as charged and sentenced to respective terms of imprisonment of five and seven years. Defendants appeal those convictions, sentences, and an order to make joint restitution for the property involved.

During the early morning of December 12, 1978, the Town and Country Bowling Alley in Aledo, Illinois, was burglarized. The front of the bowling alley’s safe was “peeled off” and 17 to 18 hundred dollars was removed. The…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. United States v. HaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. People v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  2. People v. StokesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  3. People v. McFarlandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  4. People v. LacklandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
  5. People v. StraitAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982

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