People v. Bolden

A jury in the circuit court of Sangamon County convicted the defendant of the offense of murder in violation of section 9 — 1(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)). The court sentenced her to a term of 22 years of imprisonment.

Defendant was originally charged by information with three counts of murder and one count of voluntary manslaughter. Prior to trial the State moved to dismiss the manslaughter count and to add two additional counts of murder to the charges. There was no objection by the defendant to the dismissal of the manslaughter charge; she…