PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

No. 55732.

9 Ill. App.3d 1015 (1973)

293 N.E.2d 683

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAM R. MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

January 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Robert M. Gray, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel,) for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Elmer C. Kissane and James Carlson, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Sam R. Mitchell was indicted for murder and after a bench trial was found guilty only of the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter pursuant to Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, sec. 9-3(a). He was sentenced to a term of one to five years. On appeal, defendant contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable...

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