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PEOPLE v. CARLTON

No. 57610.

26 Ill. App.3d 995 (1975)

326 N.E.2d 100

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES CARLTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

March 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Michael Cooper, Charles B. Evins, and R. Eugene Pincham, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Donald M. Devlin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant James Carlton was indicted for the murder of Randall Wilkins. He was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 3 to 5 years' imprisonment. He contends that the homicide was accidental; an involuntary manslaughter instruction was not justified by the evidence; instructions for murder and involuntary manslaughter did not adequately...

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