PEOPLE v. MEREDITH

No. 78-1070.

84 Ill. App.3d 1065 (1980)

405 N.E.2d 1306

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES MEREDITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied June 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis, of Geis & Geis, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Iris E. Sholder, and Michael M. Lorge, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

At the conclusion of a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, James Meredith, was convicted of two counts of murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1).) Defendant was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 20 to 60 years.

On appeal, defendant contends: (1) plain error (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110A, par. 615) occurred when, during...

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