PEOPLE v. BRYANT

No. 61830.

113 Ill.2d 497 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 413

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DONALD L. BRYANT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John A. Barra, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin and Terry A. Mertel, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Peter A. Carusona, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County, the defendant, Donald L. Bryant, was convicted of attempted burglary and sentenced to six years' imprisonment, an extended term. The appellate court granted the defendant a new trial, finding error in the way the jury had been instructed (131 Ill.App.3d 1011), and we allowed the State...

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