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PEOPLE v. SMYTHE

No. 54432.

132 Ill. App.2d 685 (1971)

270 N.E.2d 431

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALTER SMYTHE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

April 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Judgment modified and affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Walter Smythe, was indicted for murder after his wife was found dead in their apartment with two knife wounds in her chest. After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and the court sentenced him to 19 to 20 years in the penitentiary.

The issues on appeal are: (1) whether defendant's...

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