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Criminal Law Keyed to Lee
People v. Harris
Citation:
72 Ill.2d 16, 377 N.E.2d 28 (1978)Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
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The defendant and his partner, Miss Baker, were in a car and arguing. The defendant accused Miss Baker of infidelity. He reached down and picked up a revolver from the floor to he car, placed it in his lap with the barrel pointed at Miss Baker, and made several remarks which Miss Baker interpreted as threats to kill her.
She got out of the car and began to run away, but she ran into a barbed wire fence and injured her leg. The defendant got out of the car but did not pursue her. She returned to the car and drove off without the defendant. He shot at the car and broke the window.
He was charged with attempted murder. The trial court instructed the jury that a person commits the crime of murder if he intends to kill or do great bodily harm to that individual. He was found guilty. The defendant appealed, arguing that the jury instruction allowed the jury to find him guilty of attempted murder if the jury found that he had acted only with the intent to do great bodily harm and did not have the intent to cause death.
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