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PEOPLE v. TUCKER

No. 54596.

3 Ill. App.3d 152 (1971)

278 N.E.2d 516

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HORACE TUCKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

December 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Shelvin Singer and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Brian D. Alpert, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with murder. After a jury trial he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of 4 to 10 years. On appeal he contends that his conviction for voluntary manslaughter was improper; that the court erred in refusing to give a certain instruction tendered by defendant; and that the court erred in permitting a child to testify as State...

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