People v. Anthony

A Champaign County grand jury returned indictments on July 31, 1973, charging Wellington Foster Anthony with aggravated kidnapping, attempted murder, aggravated battery, armed robbery and armed violence. Defendant’s motion to set bond was denied by the circuit court, and defendant sought review of that action in the Appellate Court for the Fourth Judicial District. That court entered an order declaring the charged offenses were not capital offenses and therefore were bailable under section 9 of article I of the 1970 Constitution of Illinois. It remanded the cause with directions to conduct a…