People v. Bettice

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GUILD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant herein was indicted for murder of Walter Horton, Jr., known as Cesar. Upon the agreement of his counsel, the defendant and the State’s Attorney, he entered a plea of guilty to an information charging the offense of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 9 — 2) and was sentenced to a term of 6%-20 years to be served in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

On October 29, 1973, Cesar and the defendant exited a car in front of a tavern in Waukegan and went into the tavern. They were met by one George…