PEOPLE v. RORER

No. 76-174.

44 Ill. App.3d 553 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 681

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HERSCHEL RORER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Charles Geittmann and Terry J. Foster, both of Geittmann & Foster, of Metropolis, for appellant.

Dolores J. Johnson, State's Attorney, of Golconda, for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Pope County wherein the trial court sitting without a jury found him guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter.

Defendant admits that the decedent Carl Worley was shot and killed by a bullet fired from a gun held by the defendant but contends: (1) that the shooting of Worley was accidental, and (2) that since...

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