PEOPLE v. JACKSON

No. 62421.

41 Ill. App.3d 816 (1976)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN C. JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed August 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis and Ira A. Moltz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Iris E. Sholder, and Jeffrey Singer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant guilty of murder and, on appeal, he contends only that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his privately retained attorney changed his theory of defense at trial.

The indictment charged that defendant committed the offense of murder in that he intentionally and knowingly shot and killed Cornell Howard without lawful justification.

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