PEOPLE v. EASON

No. 1-99-4176.

760 N.E.2d 519 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 197

260 Ill.Dec. 102

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fabian EASON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

November 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Katherine Blakey Cox and John E. Nowak, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael A. Johnson, William H. Ransom, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-appellant, Fabian Eason, was convicted of first degree murder for the shooting death of Lakesha Walker. He was sentenced to 45 years' imprisonment. The issues upon appeal are: (1) whether the court properly denied defendant's request for a second degree murder instruction; and (2) whether the court properly denied defendant's request for an involuntary manslaughter instruction.

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