PEOPLE v. GAJDA

Gen. No. 51,661.

87 Ill. App.2d 316 (1967)

232 N.E.2d 49

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stanley Gajda, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied October 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack G. Stein, of Chicago, for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and James S. Veldman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Stanley Gajda, was charged with murder and manslaughter in a two-count indictment. The manslaughter count charged that the defendant was guilty of voluntary manslaughter "in that he, acting under a sudden and intense passion, resulting from serious provocation by Jerome Brzezinski, shot and killed the said Jerome Brzezinski with a gun, without lawful...

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