PEOPLE v. PRUITT

No. 5-90-0352.

606 N.E.2d 866 (1992)

239 Ill. App.3d 200

179 Ill.Dec. 1034

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David B. PRUITT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Robert S. Burke, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fifth Judicial Dist., Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

William Haine, State's Atty., Madison County, Edwardsville, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Debra A. Buchman, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, David B. Pruitt, appeals from a judgment order of the circuit court of Madison County dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. In this cause, defendant raises two issues: (1) whether defendant's conviction for murder should be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial because the jury instructions given on the issues in murder and voluntary manslaughter were improper, and (2) whether...

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