People v. Cox

The defendant, Rosemary Cox, appeals following her conviction for murder in the circuit court of Will County. The defendant was sentenced to the minimum term of 20 years in the Department of Corrections.

On appeal the defendant presents the following allegations for review: (1) that the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress following an arrest without a warrant; (2) the trial court erred by refusing to give defendant’s tendered instruction regarding voluntary manslaughter (provocation); (3) that the trial court’s failure to give an elements instruction which incorporated the…