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PEOPLE v. WHITERS

No. 71051.

588 N.E.2d 1172 (1992)

146 Ill.2d 437

167 Ill.Dec. 1042

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellants, v. Sherry WHITERS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan and Roland W. Burris, Attys. Gen., Springfield, and Cecil A. Partee and Jack O'Malley, State's Attys., Chicago (Terence Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Randall Roberts, Solita L. Pandit and Michael P. Latz, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People.

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, Chicago (Rita A. Fry and Alison Edwards, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sherry Whiters, was charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of Cecil Barker. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The appellate court reversed and remanded the matter for a new trial, finding that defendant was entitled to an instruction on involuntary manslaughter and that she was prejudiced by the improper character evidence regarding the victim...

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