PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 1-87-0987.

180 Ill. App.3d 418 (1989)

535 N.E.2d 1113

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DARNISHA SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed March 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Public Defender, of Chicago (Vicki Rogers, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Catharine M. Forest, and Kent D. Sinson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Darnisha Scott, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-2(b)) after a bench trial and sentenced to a seven-year term. She argues on appeal that the evidence failed to prove that her actions were not reasonable and justified in self-defense, that it was improper for the sentencing court to consider a victim impact report, and that the court abused...

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