PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 59276.

111 Ill.2d 128 (1985)

490 N.E.2d 640

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PATRICK H. WRIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Lawrence J. Essig, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, Mark L. Rotert, Terence M. Madsen and Scott Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Patrick H. Wright, was charged by information, in the circuit court of Coles County, with the offenses of murder, attempted murder, home invasion, residential burglary, attempted rape, and armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), 9-1(a)(2), 9-1(a)(3), 8-4(a), 11-1, 12-11, 19-3, 18-2(a).) Defendant's motion for a change of venue was allowed, and the cause was...

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