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PEOPLE v. TIBBS

No. 76-291.

57 Ill. App.3d 1007 (1978)

373 N.E.2d 624

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGE E. TIBBS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dixon, Starnes, Nester & McDonnell, of Belleville, for appellant.

Howard L. Hood, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro (Bruce D. Irish and Keith P. Vanden Dooren, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court of Jackson County after a jury found him guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter.

The defendant and one Charles Compton were jointly indicted for the murder of Marion Lipe. The indictment read as follows:

"That on May 1, 1975, in Jackson County, George E. Tibbs and Charles Compton committed...

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