People v. Easter

PRESIDING JUSTICE RIZZI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Helen Easter, was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of armed violence. The felonies underlying the charges of armed violence were murder and voluntary manslaughter. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9 — 2) and armed violence (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 33A — 2) based on the predicate offense of voluntary manslaughter. She received a six-year sentence for armed violence and a three-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter, the…