PEOPLE v. FILES

No. 2-92-0533.

632 N.E.2d 1087 (1994)

260 Ill. App.3d 618

198 Ill.Dec. 476

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James FILES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Steven E. Wiltgen, Office of State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Julius Lucius Echeles, Chicago, for James Files.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Atty., William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Robert J. Biderman, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutors, 4th Dist, Springfield, Denise M. Ambrose, Sr. Staff Atty., State's Attys. Appellate Service Com'n, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Atty. Prosecutor, Springfield, for people.


Justice PECCARELLI delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a trial in the circuit court of Lake County, a jury found defendant, James Files, guilty of two counts of attempted murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, pars. 8-4(a), 9-1(a)(1) (now 720 ILCS 5/8-4(a), 5/9-l(a)(l) (West 1992))), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 24-1.2(a)(2) (now codified, as amended, at 720 ILCS 5/24-1.2(a)(2) (West 1992))), one count of aggravated...

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