People v. Green

The defendant, George Green, was convicted of murder and attempt robbery after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. Judgments were entered on both verdicts and concurrent sentences of 20 to 60 years for murder and 1 to 5 years for attempt robbery were imposed. The appellate court affirmed the murder conviction but reversed the conviction for attempt robbery (26 Ill. App. 3d 662), and we allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal.

The State’s key witness, Bertrand Fletcher, a black man, testified that he boarded a Chicago Transit Authority “L” train at 63rd and Halsted at…