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PEOPLE v. COLLINS

No. 4-88-0731.

187 Ill. App.3d 531 (1989)

543 N.E.2d 572

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT E. COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Jeffrey D. Foust, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Donald M. Cadagin, State's Attorney, of Springfield (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Neil Flynn, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 31, 1988, defendant Robert E. Collins was charged by amended information with four counts of first degree murder alleging he, without lawful justification and with the intent to kill, shot and killed Mack Hammond on September 26, 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)). The trial court instructed a Sangamon County jury on the elements of first degree murder and the lesser...

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