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PEOPLE v. NYBERG

No. 47199.

64 Ill.2d 210 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 80

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BARBARA SUE NYBERG, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Laurence J. Bolon, John F. Brennan, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Ronald P. Alwin, Assistant Public Defender, and Mary Therese Woodward (law student), of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

PER CURIAM:

Defendant, Barbara Sue Nyberg, was indicted for the murder of her 4 1/2-month-old son. After two days of a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of 5 to 20 years in the penitentiary. Defendant appealed, and the appellate court, with one judge dissenting, reversed the judgment of the circuit court and remanded the cause with directions...

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