Reversed and remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant was tried before a jury, convicted of murdering James Brown, and sentenced to a term of 14 to 42 years' imprisonment. On appeal he contends that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to give a voluntary manslaughter instruction when evidence elicited at trial supported such an instruction.
During the night of October 9, 1971, and the early morning...
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