People v. Hill

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was indicted for murder and, after a bench trial, was found guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 9—2(b)) and was sentenced to a term of 4-12 years. On appeal, he contends (1) that the court erred in finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter on an accountability theory; and (2) that the State failed to sustain its burden of proof after its evidence raised the issue of self-defense.

Cleora Wilson testified that she lived with her husband, the deceased, on…