Illinois Supreme Court June 18, 1998, 84156 (People v. Terry)

Docket No. 84156–Agenda 10–March 1998. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MELKY TERRY, Appellant. Opinion filed June 18, 1998. JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court: Following a 1987 jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Melky Terry was convicted of one count of first degree murder and one count of voluntary manslaughter, arising out of the 1985