THE PEOPLE v. CREWS

No. 40121.

38 Ill.2d 331 (1967)

231 N.E.2d 451

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. VERONICA CREWS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RAYMOND J. COSTELLO, of Dundee, and GEORGE D. CARBARY, ROBERT A. CHAPSKI, and DONALD WEAVER, all of Elgin, for appellant.

WILLIAM R. KETCHAM, State's Attorney, of Elgin, (W. BEN MORGAN, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed and cause remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Veronica Crews, jury having been waived, was convicted of murder in a bench trial in the circuit court of Kane County and sentenced to death. In this appeal the defendant complains: (1) that she was not proved guilty of murder beyond all reasonable doubt or, alternatively, that she was proved guilty only of voluntary manslaughter; (2) that the trial court...

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