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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

No. 53716.

4 Ill. App.3d 1072 (1972)

283 N.E.2d 268

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSE MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

April 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (James J. Doherty and Nunzio Dan Tisci, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Martin Moltz, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Jose Martinez was indicted for the murder of Robert Stephens. He waived a jury trial, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for 10 to 15 years.

The defendant raises these points on appeal: he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the evidence was insufficient to establish the offense of voluntary manslaughter, and the sentence...

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