PEOPLE v. LENTZ

No. 2-13-0332.

4 N.E.3d 565 (2014)

2014 IL App (2d) 130332

378 Ill. Dec. 682

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christy A. LENTZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen T. Zellner , Douglas H. Johnson , Nicholas M. Curran , Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates, P.C., Downers Grove, for appellant.

Robert B. Berlin , State's Attorney, Wheaton ( Lisa A. Hoffman , Kristin M. Schwind , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice SCHOSTOK delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The defendant, Christy Lentz, was convicted of the first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2008)) of her father, Michael Lentz, and was sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment. She appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress statements, refusing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter, and allowing a photograph of the victim...

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