People v. Johnson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE REARDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 2,1978, the defendant, Rosilyn E. Johnson, was indicted with five counts of murder in violation of section 9 — 1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1). The indictment alleged that the defendant killed Gregory Dorsey by stabbing him with a knife. Following jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter and was subsequently sentenced to a term of 1 year, 6 months, to 4 years, 6 months.

On appeal, defendant contends that the evidence…