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PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 45144.

53 Ill.2d 460 (1973)

292 N.E.2d 361

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JAMES J. JONES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BASIL G. GREANIAS, State's Attorney, of Decatur (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General and SCOTT B. DIAMOND, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

JOHN F. McNICHOLS, District Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

James Jones was convicted of armed robbery following a jury trial in Macon County on November 16, 1970, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of eight to twenty-four years. Claiming that he had been denied his constitutional right to be indicted by a grand jury, defendant appealed to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District. That court reversed...

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