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PEOPLE v. McCOY

Gen. No. 50,305.

80 Ill. App.2d 257 (1967)

225 N.E.2d 123

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lee Roy McCoy, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

February 16, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Marshall A. Patner, Frederick F. Cohn and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Thomas Burnham, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant was convicted of murder in a jury trial and sentenced to a term of twenty to thirty years.

The defendant contends that he was prejudiced and denied a fair trial because the jury heard that defendant's wife was pregnant when she was killed; because the jury was given conflicting instructions on the proof of the defense of accidental killing, and because defendant was represented by...

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