PEOPLE v. PIROVOLOS

Gen. No. 53,288.

116 Ill. App.2d 73 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 481

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis Pirovolos, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

October 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Harold A. Cowen, Norman W. Fishman, and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis, Special Assistant State's Attorney and Elmer C. Kissane, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Louis Pirovolos, was charged with the crime of murder. After a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of 2 to 14 years in the penitentiary. He appeals, contending that he was not proved guilty of voluntary manslaughter beyond a reasonable doubt, or in the alternative, that the sentence imposed was excessive and should be reduced.

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