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PEOPLE v. TOMPKINS

No. 3-86-0551.

155 Ill. App.3d 380 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 481

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LLOYD TOMPKINS, SR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied June 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Kelly, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

David Zwicker, State's Attorney, of Aledo (William L. Browers, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WOMBACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Lloyd Tompkins, Sr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment. The defendant appeals. We reverse and remand.

While living apart from his wife, pending their divorce, the defendant returned to the marital residence one morning. Finding his wife in bed, he took a shotgun out of a closet and loaded it. As she got out of bed, he shot and...

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