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PEOPLE v. WALLER

No. 48462.

67 Ill.2d 381 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 1283

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1977.

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 and Linda Ann Miller, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Judith A. Stewart and John Thomas Moran, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Bernice Waller, was convicted of one count of voluntary manslaughter. The appellate court reversed, one judge dissenting (36 Ill.App.3d 888), and we granted the State's petition for leave to appeal.

The appellate court held that the...

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