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PEOPLE v. WILKERSON

Nos. 54393, 54394 cons.

87 Ill.2d 151 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 526

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHNNIE "LITTLE JOHNNIE" WILKERSON, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOHNNIE B. WILKERSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Henry Lazarro, Special Prosecutor, of Urbana (Robert J. Biderman and James K. Horstman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas and Don L. Johnson, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee Johnnie "Little Johnnie" Wilkerson.

Marian Kurata, of Urbana, for appellee Johnnie B. Wilkerson.

Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

A Champaign County jury found the defendants, Johnnie "Little Johnnie" Wilkerson and Johnnie B. Wilkerson, guilty of attempted murder, armed violence and aggravated battery in the shooting of Ricky Jones, Terry Bolden and Lurlie Bolden. But the jury's verdict was tainted by both improper limitation of the cross-examination of a State's witness and confusing instructions. The appellate...

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