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PEOPLE v. JENKINS

No. 49129.

69 Ill.2d 61 (1977)

370 N.E.2d 532

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BILLY JENKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago (James Geis, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Raymond J. McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Laurence J. Bolon and Myra J. Brown, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE DOOLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Billy Jenkins, was found guilty of attempted murder after a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four to six years. That conviction was affirmed by the appellate court. (43 Ill.App.3d 831.) We granted defendant's petition for leave to appeal under our Rule 315 (58...

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