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PEOPLE v. RUTKOWSKI

No. 85-0071.

141 Ill. App.3d 713 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 1034

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PIOTR RUTKOWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (William L. Browers and Cynthia N. Schneider, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury defendant, Piotr Rutkowski, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1) and sentenced to a term of 22 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending the trial court erred in refusing his tendered instructions on voluntary manslaughter which were based upon an unreasonable belief defendant was defending himself.

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