People v. Guest

Defendant, Anthony Guest, was charged by information filed in the circuit court of Cook County with five counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 9—1(a)(1) through (a)(3)), one count of attempted murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 8—4), three counts of aggravated kidnaping (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 10—2(a)(3), (a)(5)), two counts of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 12—4(a), (b)(1)), eight counts of armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 33A—2), and two counts of unlawful use of weapons (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars.…