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PEOPLE v. GIBSON

No. 2-88-0862.

197 Ill. App.3d 162 (1990)

553 N.E.2d 1128

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EARLENE GIBSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed April 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Barbara R. Paschen, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Charles R. Hartman, State's Attorney, of Freeport, and John T. Moran, of La Salle Law Center, of Chicago (William L. Browers, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Earlene Gibson, was convicted of first-degree murder of her daughter, Joushuland (Josh), and the trial court sentenced her to 40 years' incarceration. Defendant appeals, contending the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter; that certain rebuttal testimony should not have been allowed; that she was denied the effective assistance of...

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