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PEOPLE v. LAUGHARN

No. 4-97-0031.

698 N.E.2d 219 (1998)

297 Ill. App.3d 807

232 Ill.Dec. 381

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mildred L. LAUGHARN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

July 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Janieen R. Tarrance, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Mildred L. Laugharn.

Charles Colburn, State's Attorney, Jacksonville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, David E. Mannchen, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

In April 1995, defendant Mildred Laugharn shot and killed her husband, Robert Laugharn, in their home. She was indicted by a grand jury for the offenses of first degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. 720 ILCS 5/9-1, 9-3 (West 1994). A jury trial was held in November 1996.

Mildred testified she shot her husband in self-defense. She claimed he had a drinking problem and had been drinking beer the night of...

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