PEOPLE v. WELLS

No. 81-27.

110 Ill. App.3d 700 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 1341

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STANLEY WELLS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Blue and John W. McGuire, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Donald W. Weber, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Martin N. Ashley and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Stanley Wells was charged in the circuit court of Madison County with murder, voluntary manslaughter and armed violence, all three charges being based upon the fatal stabbing of Edward Stern in Madison, Illinois, on August 8, 1980. In the defendant's trial, the jury was instructed to consider those three offenses as well as the offense of involuntary manslaughter. The jury returned...

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