Judgment affirmed.
JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial defendant, Peter Dunum, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-2) in the stabbing death of his stepson, Willie Nolan. Defendant was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and was fined $1,000.
On appeal, defendant raises the following points in favor of reversal: the trial court prevented defendant from presenting exculpatory...
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