PEOPLE v. EASTER

No. 80-393.

102 Ill. App.3d 974 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 612

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HELEN EASTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Genson and Alan D. Blumenthal, both of Chicago (Jeffrey B. Steinback, of counsel), and Susan M. Coleman, legal intern, 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.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Helen Easter, was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of armed violence. The felonies underlying the charges of armed violence were murder and voluntary manslaughter. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par...

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