PEOPLE v. WATKINS

No. 1-91-2049.

611 N.E.2d 1121 (1993)

243 Ill. App.3d 271

183 Ill.Dec. 473

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Xavier WATKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Barbara Jones and Mary Morris, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Elyse Krug Miller, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.


Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

For shooting two of his co-workers, defendant Xavier Watkins was charged with two counts of attempt first-degree murder, two counts of armed violence, and six counts of aggravated battery. The aggravated battery counts constituted a set of charges for each victim, alleging that defendant committed a battery which caused great bodily harm (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 12-4(a)), committed a battery while using a...

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