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PEOPLE v. SARGENT

No. 1-87-3012.

566 N.E.2d 318 (1990)

207 Ill. App.3d 631

152 Ill.Dec. 631

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. D'Arthagan SARGENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (Barbara McClure, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and Kevin Sweeney, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant, D'Arthagan Sargent, was found guilty of murder. (Ill. Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a).) He was sentenced to 80 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

On appeal, defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether a voluntary manslaughter instruction erroneously stated the burden of proof; (2) whether the trial court abused...

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