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PEOPLE v. COWAN

No. 60025.

105 Ill.2d 324 (1985)

473 N.E.2d 1307

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. EARL COWAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Michael E. Shabat and Maureen A. Harton, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Ronald P. Alwin, Kathleen M. McGinnis, Judith A. Stewart and Karen E. Tietz, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, Earl Cowan, guilty of attempted burglary and unlawful restraint (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 8-4, 10-3). The appellate court reversed the conviction and in a split decision remanded the cause to the circuit court for a new trial. (122 Ill.App.3d 394.) We granted the State...

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