People v. Thompson

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County defendant, Mark Thompson, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9—2(a)), and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 3 to 9 years. Defendant contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and the sentence was excessive.

We affirm the conviction and sentence.

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The record reveals that about 10 p.m. on February 21, 1975, Ricardo Love, Anthony Marshall, defendant and his brother, Edward Thompson (hereinafter deceased) were in an apartment in which defendant resided with his mother…