PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 45332.

54 Ill.2d 558 (1973)

301 N.E.2d 273

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. FOSTER TAYLOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES J. DOHERTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (JOHN T. MORAN, JR., Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and FREDERIC I. CHAIMSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Foster Taylor, charged with the murder of Joe Edwards, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 9-3) and sentenced to the penitentiary. Defendant appealed, the appellate court affirmed (6 Ill.App.3d 335 (abstract opinion)) and we allowed...

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