People v. Thorns

The defendant, Gregory Thorns, was charged by indictment with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with an August 10, 1974, shooting incident in which Roger Booker was killed. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, Thoms was found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced for a term of five to 15 years. It is from that conviction that defendant appeals, asserting that there was insufficient evidence of intent to kill, that there was error in the court’s refusal to instruct the jury on testimony of a drug addict and that the sentence imposed was…