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PEOPLE v. SCOTT

Gen. No. 52,158.

123 Ill. App.2d 107 (1970)

259 N.E.2d 594

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Scott, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

April 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Professor James R. Thompson, Northwestern University School of Law, Evanston, Theodore A. Gottfried and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

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

MR. JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant was charged with murder, tried by the court without a jury and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The trial court sentenced him to the penitentiary for three to eight years. Defendant seeks to reverse his conviction based upon the contention that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for voluntary manslaughter. He argues that the evidence could only result in one of two conclusions...

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