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PEOPLE v. WESLEY

No. 77-644.

65 Ill. App.3d 25 (1978)

382 N.E.2d 358

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIE WESLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed September 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Martin Carlson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Alan D. Lyons, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WILSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was indicted for murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 9-1.) After his first trial ended in a mistrial, the jury at his second trial convicted him of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 9-2(a).) At both trials, defendant proceeded pro se. The trial judge sentenced him to the penitentiary for a period of not less than...

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