People v. Kessler’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 57 Ill. 2d 493 - People v. Kessler · 53 Ill. 2d 460 - People v. Jones · 52 Ill. 2d 455 - People v. Williams · 44 Ill. 2d 321 - The PEOPLE v. Gersbacher · 6 Ill. App. 3d 622 - People v. Davis
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“"As material here, the information alleges, that Rodney Glen Abney, Ronald Richard Mass. and Rudolph Louis Kessler, "`Committed the offense of Attempt, in that they, with intent to commit the offense of Murder, attempted to kill and murder (victim).' "Defendent urges that the information is void because it does not describe the acts which comprise a `substantial step toward the commission' of the offense intended, within the meaning of the attempt statute (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1971, ch. 38, sec. 8-4 (a)). He reasons that alleging an `attempt' to kill does not describe the act since the attempt is the offense itself. The State refers to a more common meaning of `attempt' as synonymous with `tried', or `made an effort' to kill, and argues that it is not a mere repetition of the offense charged. (Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary) Thus, that the allegations of the attempt to kill with the specific intent to commit murder state the elements of the offense of Attempt sufficiently to fairly apprise *Page 348 the defendant of the crime charged and to protect him from subsequent prosecution for the same offense. We agree. In an indictment for Attempt, the crime intended need not be set out as fully as would be required for a statement of the actual commission of the offense. (People v. Williams (1972), 52 Ill.2d 455 , 461 , 288 N.E.2d 406 ). The allegation that defendant with the requisite intent, `attempted to kill and murder' a named victim, was sufficient to describe an act whi”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`Committed the offense of Attempt, in that they, with intent to commit the offense of Murder, attempted to kill and murder (victim).'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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