PEOPLE v. LYNCH

No. 59207.

104 Ill.2d 194 (1984)

470 N.E.2d 1018

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PAUL LYNCH, SR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jed Stone, of Stone & Gromes, of Waukegan, and Mary Robinson, of Palatine, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Paul Lynch, Sr. (the defendant), shot Lester Howard in the head, and was tried for murder in the circuit court of Lake County. He claimed self-defense; the verdict was voluntary manslaughter. The circuit court, following People v. Wolski (1980), 83 Ill.App.3d 17, excluded evidence of the victim's three convictions for battery...

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