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PEOPLE v. BROOKS

No. 62869.

115 Ill.2d 510 (1987)

505 N.E.2d 336

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BARBARA BROOKS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Joan S. Cherry, Lynn M. Egan and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Hal Ross Kessler and Mitchell C. Ex, of Kessler & Ex, and John Thomas Moran, of Chicago, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Barbara Brooks, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of five years' imprisonment. The appellate court reversed the conviction and granted the defendant a new trial (138 Ill.App.3d 332), and we allowed the State...

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