Justice WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:
A jury convicted defendant Andrew Lindsay of the second-degree murder (Ill.Rev. Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-2(a)(2)) of Judy North (the victim). The jury found by a preponderance of the evidence that, at the time defendant killed the victim by strangulation, he acted under the unreasonable belief that his conduct was necessary as self-defense (see Ill.Rev.Stat. 1989, ch. 38, pars. 9-2(a)(2), 7-1). The trial court...
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