PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

No. 1-89-1916.

568 N.E.2d 292 (1991)

209 Ill. App.3d 562

154 Ill.Dec. 292

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Franklin MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

February 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Wilson, P.C., Chicago (Janette C. Wilson, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Joseph Brent, David Stabrawa, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice LaPORTA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Franklin Mitchell was convicted by a jury of attempt murder and sentenced to six years in prison after he admitted he fired three shotgun rounds at a man on the roof of a building near his apartment. The State successfully proved at trial that defendant fired at three people who were on the roof—two officers and the owner of the building—even after police officers identified themselves and...

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