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PEOPLE v. ROLLINS

No. 80-827.

108 Ill. App.3d 480 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 1322

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH C. ROLLINS, Defendant, Appellant.

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

Opinion filed July 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Emily Eisner, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Michele A. Grimaldi, and John M. Steed, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Joseph C. Rollins — who admittedly killed James Johnson on April 2, 1979 — was convicted of armed violence (based on the underlying felony of voluntary manslaughter), and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, after a jury found beyond a reasonable doubt that he was not justified in shooting Johnson. (See sections 9-2 and 33A-1 through 33A-3 of the Criminal Code...

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