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PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

No. 59395.

27 Ill. App.3d 117 (1975)

327 N.E.2d 158

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL P. MITCHELL, a/k/a MICHAEL P. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

March 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (George L. Lincoln, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Thomas D. Rafter, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HAYES delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was found guilty after a jury trial of the crime of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9-1). He was sentenced to a term of 20 to 40 years.

At trial, Claude Harris testified that, on 15 December 1971, both he and Walter Williams lived on the third floor of the Lafayette Hotel, 29 West Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. Between 5 and 6 P.M. Williams came...

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