PEOPLE v. PADILLA

No. 80-172.

91 Ill. App.3d 799 (1980)

415 N.E.2d 12

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JORGE PADILLA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied January 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Richard E. Cunningham, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Thomas J. Leanse, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jorge Padilla, was charged by information with murder and armed violence. After a bench trial he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a 5-year term. On appeal defendant asks this court to review (1) whether the evidence at his trial was insufficient to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, (2) whether his sentence...

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