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PEOPLE v. NORRIS

No. 77-1025.

62 Ill. App.3d 228 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 80

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEONARD C. NORRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed July 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Andrea D. Lyon and Suzanne M. Xinos, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael R. Sherwin, Lee T. Hettinger, and Iris E. Sholder, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial by the court, defendant was convicted of the voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 9-2) of Wilie Oden and sentenced to a term of three to 15 years. He brings this appeal from his conviction, contending: (1) that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial made when the State presented the testimony of an alleged eyewitness to the...

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