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PEOPLE v. SHIELDS

Nos. 68566, 68603, 68739, 69054.

575 N.E.2d 538 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 435

159 Ill.Dec. 40

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Edward SHIELDS, Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jozsef FERCSI, Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Priscilla EVANS, Appellee. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Vincent THOMAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Inge Fryklund, Kevin Sweeney, Joseph G. Howard, Renee Goldfarb and David R. Butzen, Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), for the People.

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, Chicago (Richard E. Gade, Stephanie L. Ellbogen and Mary C. Arundel, Asst. Defenders, of counsel), for appellees Edward Shields, Jozsef Fercsi and Vincent Thomas.

J. Kevin McCall and Susan L. Theiss, Jenner & Block, Chicago, for appellee Priscilla Evans.

Chief Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants in these appeals were found guilty in the circuit court of Cook County of the offense of murder. Each case was pending on direct review when this court decided People v. Reddick (1988), 123 Ill.2d 184, 122 Ill.Dec. 1, 526 N.E.2d 141. In Reddick, we found that the then-existing Illinois pattern jury instructions...

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