PEOPLE v. HUDDLESTON

No. 86-1486.

176 Ill. App.3d 18 (1988)

530 N.E.2d 1015

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ODELL HUDDLESTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed October 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Public Defender, of Chicago (Dennis E. Urban, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Judy L. Groeneveld, and Holly E. Desnet, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Odell Huddleston, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a prison term of six years. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court improperly excluded evidence of the aggressive character of decedent, Dale Mangum; (2) the trial court erred in allowing the State's Attorney to "argue in closing argument that the defense...

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