PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 55571.

3 Ill. App.3d 412 (1972)

279 N.E.2d 462

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAMUEL JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

January 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Michael R. Epton, Assist State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was indicted for the murder of one Willie Fleming and after a non-jury trial was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to not less than one or more than ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. On appeal he contends that there was no evidence of voluntary manslaughter and that the only issue was whether he was guilty of murder. Hence he argues that...

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