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PEOPLE v. VEGA

No. 57526.

16 Ill. App.3d 504 (1973)

306 N.E.2d 718

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUAN RIVERA VEGA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied January 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Stamos, of Serpico, Stamos, Dvorak, Navigato and Hett, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis and Dennis J. O'Hara, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Joel B. Perzov and Larry L. Thompson, Senior Law Students, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

Juan Rivera Vega was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County and was sentenced to a term of three to nine years in the penitentiary. The issues on appeal are whether the defendant was denial a fair trial because of the conduct of the prosecuting attorney; whether the jury's verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter was supported...

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