People v. Jenkins

Defendant Charles Jenkins was convicted of murder by the McLean County circuit court and sentenced to 14 to 25 years’ imprisonment. He appeals the conviction on the grounds that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s tendered instructions on voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, that he was not proven guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt, and that he should have been allowed discovery of certain police reports.

At about 10:30 p.m. on August 17, 1972, defendant went to the apartment of his wife, Virginia Jenkins, from whom he had been separated for several weeks and who had filed…