People v. Dugan

This is an appeal by the State from the order of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County dismissing an indictment for murder on the grounds that a previous guilty plea to the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter constituted a bar to any further prosecution on the murder charge even though, on appeal by defendant, the manslaughter conviction was reversed and remanded.

Defendant was originally indicted for murder on September 10, 1970. Pursuant to agreement, a plea to voluntary manslaughter was accepted and defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than four nor more…