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- Title: People v. Bryant
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court — First District (5Th Division) Affirmed in Part and Vacated in Part
- Release Date : January 30, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of attempted murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 8-4, 9-1) and two counts of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 12-4(a)), and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the State produced insufficient evidence to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the trial court erroneously instructed the jury concerning the elements of attempted murder; (3) the State injected improper testimony and improper comment violative of his right to a fair trial; (4) the trial court erroneously entered judgment on the lesser-included offense of aggravated battery; and (5) the sentence was excessive. For the reasons stated below, we affirm in part and vacate in part. The following facts were adduced at trial. At 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 1981, a group of young men were playing dice on the sidewalk outside a tavern located on the northeast corner of Huron and Avers streets in Chicago, Illinois, when gunfire from an automobile struck two of the young men. Rodney Harper suffered a bullet wound to the head, and awoke from a months-long coma unable to walk or talk; 16-year-old Kenneth Martin suffered multiple bullet wounds to his arm and chest, and at the time of trial, a bullet remained lodged in his body. The victims testified that they did not see who shot them.