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PEOPLE v. BROWN

Gen. No. 49,937.

78 Ill. App.2d 327 (1966)

223 N.E.2d 311

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie Brown, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

December 20, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm P. Brown, of Chicago, for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Ronald Sandler, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE LYONS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the crime of voluntary manslaughter, after a bench trial, with sentence in the Illinois State Penitentiary from 1 to 20 years. Defendant was indicted and tried for murder and pleaded self-defense.

At the trial, Ida Jenkins, a witness for the People, testified that she was the common-law wife of the deceased, Edward Jenkins; that she had talked to Jenkins on January...

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