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PEOPLE v. MYRICK

Gen. No. 52,543.

106 Ill. App.2d 88 (1969)

245 N.E.2d 585

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence Myrick, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

February 14, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

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

MR. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Lawrence Myrick, was indicted for the crime of murder. He waived trial by jury, and after a bench trial was found guilty of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to fourteen years. The defendant appeals, contending that he was improperly convicted of manslaughter since he was acting in self...

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