People v. Jenkins

Defendant, Billy Jenkins, was found guilty of attempted murder after a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four to six years. That conviction was affirmed by the appellate court. (43 Ill. App. 3d 831.) We granted defendant’s petition for leave to appeal under our Rule 315 (58 Ill. 2d R. 315). Defendant’s conviction on two counts of aggravated battery was reversed by the appellate court and is not at issue here.

The question we decide is whether it was prejudicial error to give two issue instructions to the jury, each in direct…