PEOPLE v. SIMS

No. 3-92-0590.

617 N.E.2d 411 (1993)

247 Ill. App.3d 670

187 Ill.Dec. 203

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donovan SIMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

July 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy A. Sabuco (argued), Ronald S. Ellis, Snyder, Sabuco, Aeschliman & Washburn, Joliet, for Donovan Sims.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, James Glasgow, Will County State's Atty., Joliet, J. Paul Hoffmann (argued), State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.


Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Donovan Sims, was convicted of murder. On appeal, the defendant raises three issues: (A) whether the trial judge erred in admitting certain testimony of the State's firearms expert, (B) whether the prosecutor committed reversible error in closing argument, and (C) whether the trial judge erred in denying defendant's request that the jury receive an instruction on involuntary manslaughter. After considering...

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