People v. Myers

Defendant was indicted for murder and, in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Madison County, he was convicted of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 4 nor more than 12 years. In this appeal defendant contends that under the law of self-defense he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and, in the alternative, that the cause should be reversed and remanded because the State wrongfully withheld from him certain favorable evidence.

The victim, John Valle (hereinafter referred to as John), age 19, lost his life…