PEOPLE v. KESSLER

No. 46011.

57 Ill.2d 493 (1974)

315 N.E.2d 29

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RUDOLPH LOUIS KESSLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed July 1, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Phillip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), and James W. Jerz and Edward N. Morris, of Elgin, of Model State's Attorneys Office, for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Assistant Appellate Defender, and Peter B. Nolte (Senior Law Student), for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial in the circuit court of Winnebago County, defendant, Rudolph Louis Kessler, was convicted on one count of burglary and two counts of attempted murder. The appellate court affirmed the burglary conviction and reversed the attempted-murder convictions (

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