PEOPLE v. WALLER

No. 60883.

36 Ill. App.3d 888 (1976)

345 N.E.2d 30

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BERNICE WALLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed March 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Roger Rudich and Judith A. Stewart, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and Linda Ann Miller, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Bernice Waller, was tried in a bench trial, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of one to three years of imprisonment.

On appeal she contends that the trial court erred in allowing a witness, who had remained in the courtroom in violation of a motion to exclude witnesses, to testify in rebuttal, where that witness' testimony did not rebut...

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