People v. Adams

Defendant was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County in an indictment charging him with two murders. He was acquitted of one and was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on the other and was sentenced for a term of two to ten years in the penitentiary. The principal issue in this appeal is whether a defendant can b,e found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of a third person unintentionally killed by him while defending himself against an unlawful attack by another.

It is undisputed that on August 22, 1970, at about 9:15 in the evening in the City of Centreville…