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PEOPLE v. FALCONER

No. 2-87-0044.

168 Ill. App.3d 618 (1988)

522 N.E.2d 903

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHYLLIS FALCONER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bannister & Byrne, of Chicago (Margaret Byrne and Sue L. Augustus, of counsel), for appellant.

Robert J. Morrow and Robert F. Casey, State's Attorneys, both of Geneva (William L. Browers and Lori J. Miller, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury defendant, Phyllis Falconer, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1) and was sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment. She appeals contending that: (1) she was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because the evidence established self-defense; (2) the murder conviction should be reduced to voluntary manslaughter; (3) the prosecutor made improper...

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