People v. Huber

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant Ruth Huber was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a prison term of 20 years. On appeal, she contends first that she was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; in the alternative, that she was proved guilty of no more than involuntary manslaughter; and, finally, that the trial judge committed reversible error in admitting certain hearsay evidence.

At trial, the State’s case was comprised of circumstantial evidence, based upon the testimony of two principal witnesses, that after a quarrel the…