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PEOPLE v. SHIPP

No. 76-368.

52 Ill. App.3d 470 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 966

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DATHEL LOLITA SHIPP, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied October 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Peter B. Nolte, and Rosetta Hillary, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

William E. Sisler, State's Attorney, of Freeport (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin Moltz, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with the offenses of murder, voluntary manslaughter, and unlawful use of weapons. After a jury trial, she was acquitted of murder and unlawful use of weapons, but convicted of voluntary manslaughter. She appeals contending that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she could not reasonably have believed that her action in shooting...

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