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PEOPLE v. PICKETT

No. 61962.

35 Ill. App.3d 909 (1976)

342 N.E.2d 766

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WALTER PICKETT, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed February 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James L. Rhodes and Suzanne M. Xinos, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Kevin Sweeney, and Iris E. Sholder, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Walter Pickett, the defendant, was indicted for the murder of Henry McNeil, found guilty by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of not less than 5 nor more than 15 years.

The defendant's testimony established that prior to the homicide he was provoked by the following acts of the deceased. On February 16, 1973, he had a beer at a bar in Chicago...

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