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PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

No. 62487.

44 Ill. App.3d 447 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 43

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VERNON ROBINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed November 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Joan S. Cherry, and Edward H. Phillips, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Vernon Robinson was charged with the murder of Floyd Clark. At trial, before a jury, he claimed he shot Clark in self-defense. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

The police apprehended the defendant at the scene of the killing with a gun which was virtually still smoking in his hand. An eyewitness to the shooting ran out of a hotel lobby where it occurred...

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