People v. Estes

PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, the defendant, Sally Estes, was convicted of the offense of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9—2). Subsequently, she was sentenced to a term of four years’ probation with the condition that she serve a term of six months in the Will County jail.

On appeal, the defendant raises three issues: (1) whether the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that she did not act in self defense; (2) whether the prosecutor’s remarks during closing argument deprived…