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PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

No. 83-1156.

131 Ill. App.3d 334 (1985)

475 N.E.2d 979

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN HENRY ROBINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed February 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Martin Carlson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Frank G. Zelezinski, and Thomas D. Bilyk, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Henry Robinson, appeals his conviction, in a jury trial, for murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)). He was sentenced to a term of 20 years in the Department of Corrections. The sole issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter where it had determined that the evidence supported an...

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