The People v. Johnson

A jury found defendant guilty of the murder of one, Petty. Sentence to the penitentiary for a term of 30 to 70 years was imposed. Upon this record we conclude that it was error for the trial court to refuse defendant’s tendered instruction defining voluntary manslaughter as in Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 9 — 2 (b), and to submit an appropriate verdict form to the jmy.

It appears that defendant was a resident of the household of one Arilla Duckworth and contributed to the expense of maintaining it. The latter’s daughter, Dorothy Thigpen, stayed at the home from time to time during the…