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PEOPLE v. CHAPMAN

No. 76-824.

49 Ill. App.3d 553 (1977)

364 N.E.2d 577

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VERNEATER CHAPMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed June 8, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Tuite and Melanie Vogl, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and James S. Veldman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Miss JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Verneater Chapman, was charged with having committed the offense of voluntary manslaughter in a two-count indictment, as follows:

1. acting under a sudden and intense passion, resulting from serious provocation by Robert L. Rice, shot and killed the said Robert L. Rice with a gun, without lawful justification. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch...

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