People v. Dale

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Bertha L. Dale, was charged in a one count information which alleged that on July 12,1977, the defendant committed the criminal offense of voluntary manslaughter in violation of section 9 — 2(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9—2(b)). She was accused of shooting to death her husband, John Dale, at a time when she believed the circumstances to be such that they would justify the killing but that this belief on her part was unreasonable. On July 28, 1977, the defendant entered a plea…