Reversed and remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE KUNCE delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendant was convicted of murder after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County. On appeal, he raises but a single issue: whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury as to the offense of voluntary manslaughter.
It is undisputed that the defendant shot and killed a 78-year-old man named Henry Jones, Jr., who made his living by collecting...
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