PEOPLE v. McCARTHY

No. 1-85-2485.

181 Ill. App.3d 208 (1989)

536 N.E.2d 917

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DAVID McCARTHY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed March 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Patricia Y. Brown, and Laura J. Diamant, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant David McCarthy appeals his jury conviction for murder. The fact that defendant shot and killed Adrienne Neal is undisputed. The record contains the following additional facts.

Defendant and Adrienne began dating in 1974 when they were both high school freshmen. In 1978, they had a child and then lived together for six months in 1979. After a second child was...

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