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PEOPLE v. OWENS

No. 4-86-0341.

155 Ill. App.3d 990 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 1088

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VERSIE LEE OWENS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Judith L. Libby, both of State Appellate Defender's Officer, of Springfield, for appellant.

Jeffrey K. Davison, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and David E. Mannchen, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Versie Lee Owens, was convicted of murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a).) She appeals, asserting (1) the evidence presented at her trial was, as a matter of law, insufficient to sustain a murder conviction and (2) the testimony of Officer Gary Knight concerning the analysis of blood spatters found at the scene of the killing was improperly...

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