PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 61281.

109 Ill.2d 327 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 613

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PATRICK WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill-Wine Banks, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and James V. Cinotto, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Patrick Williams, was charged by information in the circuit court of Jackson County with the offenses of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), 9-1(a)(2)) and theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 16-1). Prior to trial on the murder charge, defendant pleaded guilty to the offense of theft. Thereafter, following...

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