PEOPLE v. MYERS

No. 72-55.

18 Ill. App.3d 700 (1974)

310 N.E.2d 407

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES J. MYERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

April 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Younge, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (James W. Jerz and Martin P. Moltz, of Model District State's Attorneys Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was indicted for murder and, in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Madison County, he was convicted of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 4 nor more than 12 years. In this appeal defendant contends that under the law of self-defense he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and, in the alternative...

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