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PEOPLE v. DOWER

No. 1-88-1646.

578 N.E.2d 1153 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 844

161 Ill.Dec. 507

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank DOWER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (Anne C. Myles-Smith, and Vickie Rogers, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Gail O'Brien, Eileen M. O'Neill, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from a jury verdict finding defendant, Frank Dower, guilty of murder. Defendant was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment. Defendant contends that (1) the voluntary manslaughter instruction erroneously stated the burden of proof on the issue of whether he acted under a reasonable belief in self-defense, (2) improper comments made by the prosecution in...

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