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PEOPLE v. LOPEZ

No. 1-86-2409.

181 Ill. App.3d 216 (1989)

536 N.E.2d 922

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANGEL LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed March 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier and Richard F. Faust, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Patricia Y. Brown, and Lauren E. Brown, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Angel Lopez appeals from his conviction for voluntary manslaughter and subsequent five-year sentence. In October 1984, defendant was arrested in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he was living, and confessed to the 1978 killing of 17-year-old Roberto Melendez. After his arrest and questioning, he was returned to Chicago.

According to defendant's testimony, one evening...

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