PEOPLE v. BAILEY

Nos. 46610, 46649.

60 Ill.2d 37 (1975)

322 N.E.2d 804

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MELVIN BAILEY, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ANDREW McCHRISTIAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 James S. Veldman, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Kenneth L. Gillis and Jack P. Rimland, of Chicago, for appellee Melvin Bailey.

James D. Montgomery, of Chicago (David Lowell Slader, of counsel), for appellee Andrew D. McChristian.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

In cause No. 46610 defendant Melvin Bailey, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, was convicted on five counts of attempted murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 to 15 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court reversed and remanded the cause for a new trial...

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