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PEOPLE v. LAWSON

No. 1-89-2241.

574 N.E.2d 708 (1991)

214 Ill. App.3d 710

158 Ill.Dec. 595

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Herbert LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Elyse Krug Miller, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Theodore Burtzos, Asst. State's Attys., Janet C. Mahoney, Sp. Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1979, defendant Herbert Lawson was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. On direct appeal, this court in an unpublished order rejected defendant's claim that he should have been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Defendant then filed two petitions for post-conviction relief, the most recent of which is the subject of this appeal. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred...

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