PEOPLE v. DAWSON

No. 46787.

60 Ill.2d 278 (1975)

326 N.E.2d 755

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DANNY R. DAWSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (James B. Zagel and Raymond McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Costello, of Springfield, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment in the circuit court of Morgan County charged the defendant, Danny R. Dawson, in count I with the murder of Charles McKinney, in count II with the murder of McKinney while committing the forcible felony of armed robbery, and in count III with the armed robbery of McKinney. All three charges arose out of the November 16,...

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