PEOPLE v. HAYWOOD

No. 53066.

82 Ill.2d 540 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 410

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BENNIE D. HAYWOOD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Frank W. Ralph, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Marcia L. Friedl, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Bennie D. Haywood, was found guilty of murder after a jury trial in the circuit court of Kankakee County. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of 14 to 25 years. The conviction was affirmed by a majority of the appellate court. (79 Ill.App.3d 303.) We granted defendant's...

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