Appellate Court of Illinois· 4/25/1994

People v. Bailey

Citations

638 N.E.2d 192
265 Ill. App. 3d 262
202 Ill. Dec. 546
1994 Ill. App. LEXIS 603

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intent to kill reasonably inferred from shooting down a breezeway in which several people were running
The court held that defendant shooting in the direction where “several people were running is sufficient evidence to prove a specific intent to kill”
sufficient evidence to prove a specific intent to kill existed when defendant fired a gun down a breezeway while people ran away
“To sustain a charge of attempt murder, it is sufficient to discharge a weapon in the direction of another individual, either with malice or total disregard for human life”

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Judges: Manning

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