Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:
Sherry Whiters was charged with murder, Ill.Rev.Stat.1987 ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2), and convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the stabbing death of Cecil Barker. Whiters and Barker sporadically lived together for nine months. However, they apparently dated others during this period.
At trial, Shirley Hargrove testified that she had lived with Barker for approximately six to seven years. Specifically, she...
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