PEOPLE v. SOTO

No. 79-1953.

89 Ill. App.3d 995 (1980)

412 N.E.2d 688

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GILBERTO SOTO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Rehearing denied December 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Mary Ellen Dienes, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and attempt murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, pars. 9-2, 8-4 and 9-1.)1 He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 7 years for voluntary manslaughter and 9 years for attempt murder. On appeal, defendant contends that his attempt...

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