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PEOPLE v. REED

No. 1-87-1587.

568 N.E.2d 334 (1991)

209 Ill. App.3d 575

154 Ill.Dec. 334

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin REED, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

February 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, County of Cook, Stephen L. Richards, of counsel, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., County of Cook, Renee Goldfarb, David R. Butzen, of counsel, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, Melvin Reed was found guilty pursuant to Ill.Rev.Stat.1981, ch. 38, par. 8-4(a), for the attempted murder of Earl Robertson, rather than guilty but mentally ill or not guilty by reason of insanity. Thereafter, the trial court sentenced Reed to forty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

At trial, Robertson testified that he owned a service station at the southeast corner...

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