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PEOPLE v. EVANS

No. 1-93-0687.

648 N.E.2d 964 (1995)

271 Ill. App.3d 495

208 Ill.Dec. 42

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Priscilla EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenner & Block, Chicago (J. Kevin McCall; Kenneth A. Wittenberg, of counsel), for appellant.

John M. O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Peter Fischer, William D. Carroll, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

BACKGROUND

The defendant-appellant Priscilla Evans was convicted of murder for the January 1986 killing of her husband. That conviction was reversed on appeal and her case remanded for a new trial. In her second prosecution, the defendant eventually pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

In that second prosecution the defendant retained a psychiatrist to render an opinion regarding her mental...

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