PEOPLE v. PERRY

No. 84-2872.

147 Ill. App.3d 272 (1986)

497 N.E.2d 1167

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOLLIE PERRY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed August 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Patricia Unsinn, both of State's Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry and Dean P. Karlos, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following trial, a jury found defendant Dollie Perry guilty of murder. The trial court sentenced her to a 22-year term of imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

On September 5, 1983, defendant, an 18-year-old high school student, attended a Labor Day picnic for three or four hours. She drank some beer and cognac and she smoked some marijuana while she was at the picnic. Around 6 p.m...

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