PEOPLE v. PUCKETT

No. 72-38.

7 Ill. App.3d 304 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 150

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUNIOR LEE PUCKETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

September 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Jones, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Robert E. Farrell, of counsel,) for appellant.

R.W. Griffith, Jr., State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged with murder by an indictment. He was arraigned and entered his plea of not guilty to the offense of murder. The Public Defender was appointed to represent the defendant. At his next appearance in open court, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. The plea was a

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