PEOPLE v. ZOLIDIS

No. 82-8.

115 Ill. App.3d 669 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 1290

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DENNIS G. ZOLIDIS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed June 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seiden & Shapiro, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Marie Quinlivan, and Harry A. Semrow, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant was convicted and sentenced to 10 years for attempted murder. He contends on appeal that (1) the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not act in self-defense; (2) his claim of self-defense, even if insufficient to warrant acquittal, should have reduced the charge to attempted voluntary manslaughter; and (3) the sentence imposed is excessive...

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