PEOPLE v. WHITERS

No. 1-87-2644.

562 N.E.2d 325 (1990)

204 Ill. App.3d 334

149 Ill.Dec. 861

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherry WHITERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, County of Cook, Chicago (Alison Edwards of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Gael O'Brien, Kenneth W. Goff, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


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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