People v. LaGardo

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Goldie M. LaGardo, was convicted in a bench trial of attempt murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 8 — 4(a)) and was sentenced to a minimum term of four years with a maximum of 12 years. The sentence was to be served concurrently with that imposed upon her conviction of theft in the same trial. She appeals only from the judgment entered on the attempt murder charge, contending that the evidence raised the issue of self-defense and that the State failed to rebut the affirmative defense beyond a reasonable…