PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

Nos. 58785, 58982 cons.

105 Ill.2d 1 (1984)

473 N.E.2d 1270

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant and Appellee, v. SHERRY LYNNE MITCHELL, Appellee and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John R. Clemons, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro (Mark L. Rotert and Michael V. Accettura, Assistant Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Stephen E. Norris and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Howard B. Eisenberg, of Carbondale, and Dennis J. Hogan, of Murphysboro, for appellee and appellant Sherry Lynne Mitchell.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sherry Lynne Mitchell, was convicted by a Jackson County jury of two counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery of a child. She was sentenced to concurrent terms of 14 years for each of the four offenses. The appellate court vacated the convictions and...

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