People v. Johnson

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Gordon Johnson, was indicted for murder. He was tried by a jury, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of not less than five nor more than ten years in the penitentiary.

Johnson and the deceased, George Young, were friends. On the evening of April 3, 1965, Johnson, Young and James Lee, Jr., were at the apartment of Lee’s sister. Also present was Catherine Johnson (no relation to the defendant). Johnson and Young, both of whom had been drinking heavily, began to quarrel. The quarrel grew…