People v. Schwartz

The defendant, Dr. Norman Schwartz, was indicted for murder, and after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than 4 nor more than 14 years. On appeal the Appellate Court, First District, reversed the judgment because “The proof was insufficient to support the conviction of voluntary manslaughter.” (11 Ill. App. 3d 959, 971.) We granted the State’s petition for leave to appeal.

The appellate court’s reversal of the judgment of conviction was based squarely upon its conclusion that the…