PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 78-99.

82 Ill. App.3d 225 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 650

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROSA MARIE BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed March 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Susan Bandes, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Myra J. Brown, and Ellen M. Flaum, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9-2(b)), and sentenced to 1 1/2 years to 4 1/2 years in the penitentiary. On appeal, she raises the following issues: (1) that the State's failure to produce her torn sweatshirt violated her right to due process of law and Supreme Court Rule 412; (2) that the trial court...

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