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PEOPLE v. HAMMOCK

No. 77-131.

68 Ill. App.3d 34 (1979)

385 N.E.2d 796

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIXIE LEE HAMMOCK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough and John H. Reid, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Terrence J. Hopkins, State's Attorney, of Benton (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Curtis L. Blood, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. JUSTICE KUNCE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Dixie Lee Hammock, appeals from a sentence of 6 to 18 years imprisonment and from a conviction entered on a jury verdict of voluntary manslaughter in the Circuit Court of Franklin County.

Defendant was charged with murder. Defendant raised three affirmative defenses of insanity, intoxication or drugged condition, and use of force in defense of person...

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