PEOPLE v. PEELER

No. 58014.

12 Ill. App.3d 940 (1973)

299 N.E.2d 382

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEON PEELER, Defendant-Appellant.

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

June 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Robert M. Motta and John T. Moran, Jr., Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Kenneth L. Gillis, Thomas A. Mauet, and John C. O'Rourke, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Affirmed as modified and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Leon Peeler, brings this appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentencing him to not less than nine nor more than fifteen years in the penitentiary. Three issues are presented to this court for review: whether the defendant was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, whether...

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