PEOPLE v. CARTER

No. 71-324.

9 Ill. App.3d 80 (1972)

291 N.E.2d 266

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHERMAN CARTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

December 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Robert E. Farrell, of counsel,) for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (James W. Jerz and Edward N. Morris, both of Model District State's Attorney's Office, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

The appellant entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 1964. He was originally indicted on the charge of murder arising from an incident at a tavern where he was employed as a bouncer. The trial court denied appellant's application for probation and sentenced him to not less than 15 years, nor more than 20 years in the State Penitentiary.

In 1967,...

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