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PEOPLE v. BAPTIST

No. 51311.

76 Ill.2d 19 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 1200

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ELIJAH BAPTIST, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 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, and Marcia B. Orr, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Lee T. Hettinger, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Robert T. Badesch and Ronald P. Alwin, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury verdict of guilty, defendant was convicted, in the circuit court of Cook County, of the offenses of murder and attempted armed robbery in connection with the shooting death of Sam Blue. He was sentenced to 60 to 80 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court reversed (63 Ill.App.3d 953

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