PEOPLE v. McCOY

No. 3-84-0826.

140 Ill. App.3d 868 (1986)

489 N.E.2d 477

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORA McCOY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed February 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and Stephen Omolecki, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Edward F. Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (John X. Breslin and Raymond L. Beck, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Ora McCoy appeals from her conviction of voluntary manslaughter arising out of the shooting death of her husband, Willie McCoy. She was sentenced to four years' probation with home confinement.

At the jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, it was established that on the morning of May 9, 1983, the McCoy automobile had been speeding erratically along Interstate 80...

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