People v. Redman

Defendant was indicted for the murder of Manuel Monis. He was tried before a judge sitting without a jury who found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, sec. 9—2), and sentenced him to a term in the penitentiary of from three to ten years.

Defendant appeals that conviction and urges this court to reverse upon the following bases: (1) The State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that when the defendant shot the deceased he was unreasonable in his belief that he was in danger of death or great bodily harm. (2) Evidence admitted at trial was prejudicial to…