PEOPLE v. BROWN

Gen. No. 66-125.

89 Ill. App.2d 231 (1967)

231 N.E.2d 262

The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ora Thurman Brown, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied December 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber and Ross, and William Bomp, of Chicago, and Thomas and Kostantacos, of Rockford, for appellant.

William R. Nash, State's Attorney, of Rockford, and William H. Snively, Assistant State's Attorney, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE ABRAHAMSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago County. A jury found Ora T. Brown, the defendant, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a period of from 7 to 12 years.

On December 21, 1964, at approximately 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, the defendant entered the Huddle Inn located at 813 W. State Street in Rockford, Illinois. At the time the...

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