PEOPLE v. SHIELDS

No. 43971.

58 Ill.2d 202 (1974)

317 N.E.2d 529

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GEORGE SHIELDS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James M. Sammons, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Dorothy B. Johnson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged in indictment No. 70-1469 with burglary to commit theft in the apartment of Katie Davis, and in indictment No. 70-1483 with burglary to commit theft in the apartment of Inez Broadway. Davis and Broadway resided in an apartment building in Chicago. Defendant was tried and convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County on indictment No. 70-1469 and...

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