People v. Crow

In a one-count information filed in the circuit court of Randolph County, defendant, Linda L: Crow, was charged with the murder of her husband, Robert Crow. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(1).) Following a jury trial defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to a term of 35 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court affirmed in a Rule 23 order (87 Ill. 2d R. 23; 121 Ill. App. 3d 1164), and we allowed defendant’s petition for leave to appeal (94 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)).

Defendant contends that the circuit court erred in refusing to give the second paragraph of an instruction…