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PEOPLE v. WILBURN

No. 1-92-2206.

635 N.E.2d 877 (1994)

263 Ill. App.3d 170

200 Ill.Dec. 538

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharlene WILBURN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Bruce C. Landrum, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Linda Woloshin, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for appellee.

Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Sharlene Wilburn, was convicted of the second degree murder of Maurice Johnson (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9-2), and was sentenced to the maximum term of 15 years. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of justifiable use of force to prevent a forcible felony; (2) the State failed to disprove self-defense...

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