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PEOPLE v. SHIELDS

No. 51135.

76 Ill.2d 543 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 1161

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. FENIX SHIELDS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr, Margaret K. Stanton, and Lee T. Hettinger, Assistant State's Attorney, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Ralph Ruebner, Deputy Defender, and Randy K. Johnson, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Fenix Shields, was indicted for the offenses of aggravated battery and attempted murder, alleged to have been committed on May 25, 1976, when the defendant stabbed his brother-in-law with a knife. After certain proceedings in the circuit court of Cook County, the trial judge ordered the indictment dismissed. On appeal, the State contended that the dismissal...

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