PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 80367.

676 N.E.2d 646 (1997)

175 Ill.2d 126

221 Ill.Dec. 843

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Lonnie H. JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Arden J. Lang, Assistant Defender of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard L. Broch, State's Attorney, Tuscola (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Margaret M. O'Connell, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Douglas County, defendant, Lonnie H. Jones, was convicted of attempt (aggravated criminal sexual abuse) (720 ILCS 5/8-4, 12-16(d) (West 1992)) and sentenced to a prison term of five years. The appellate court, in a divided opinion, affirmed. 276 Ill.App.3d 1006. We allowed defendant's petition for leave to appeal (155 Ill...

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