People v. White

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Odessa White (defendant) was charged with the murder of George Butler. After a jury trial, she was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9 — 2(b).) She was sentenced to four years of felony probation with the first year to include periodic imprisonment. She appeals.

Defendant met the deceased in about 1970. They lived together from 1971 until his death on May 22,1976. Apparently, their life together was a series of one-sided physical encounters. She described the deceased as “nice sober” and…