PEOPLE v. ANDERSON

No. 56043.

113 Ill.2d 1 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 485

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CLIFFORD ANDERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Karen A. Popek and Richard E. Cunningham, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Michael E. Shabat, Joan S. Cherry and Timothy J. Joyce, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 5, 1978, the defendant, Clifford Anderson, shot and killed the manager and the engineer of the apartment building where he lived and was employed as a janitor. He was indicted on two counts of murder and two counts of armed violence. At trial he defended on the ground of insanity. His first trial in the circuit court of Cook County ended in a mistrial when the jury could...

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