People v. Morgan

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE LYONS

delivered the opinion of the court.

Odies Morgan, indicted for murder, was found guilty following a bench trial of the offense of voluntary manslaughter. Judgment was entered on the finding and he was sentenced to a term of not less than two, nor more than eight years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. In this appeal the defendant contends (a) that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and (b) that the trial court erred in entering a “compromise finding” of guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The defendant argues under this second contention that since…