THE PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

No. 37426.

27 Ill.2d 104 (1963)

187 N.E.2d 739

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MILTON WASHINGTON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 1, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEONARD KARLIN, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and EDWARD J. HLADIS and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Milton Washington, who waived a jury, was tried by the criminal court of Cook County and found guilty of the murder of Melvin Partee. A sentence of life imprisonment was imposed and defendant now prosecutes this writ of error for review, contending that he was acting in self-defense or that, at most, the killing was only voluntary manslaughter provoked by the deceased.

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