Judgment reversed.
Mr. JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:
In a bench trial, defendant, Tommie White, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9-2(b)), and he was sentenced to a five-year term. He contends the State did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was not acting in self-defense. We reverse.
Defendant lived in a third floor apartment in Chicago. The victim, Glisper Brown, resided in...
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