PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 80-539.

97 Ill. App.3d 899 (1981)

424 N.E.2d 70

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CAROLINE M. SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed July 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and G. Joseph Weller, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

L. Patrick Power, State's Attorney, of Kankakee (John X. Breslin and Rita F. Kennedy, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Kankakee County, defendant Caroline M. Scott was convicted of the murder of Arthur Lee (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2)). She was subsequently sentenced to the Department of Corrections for a term of 20 years. On appeal she raises a number of issues for our consideration, including...

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