People v. Smith

At the conclusion of a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Claude Smith, Jr., was found guilty of two counts of voluntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9 — 2). He was sentenced to a term of 2M to 10 years imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends the two killings were justified because the deadly force he used was necessary to prevent the commission of a robbery, a forcible felony. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, pars. 2 — 8, 7 — 3, 18 — 1.

We affirm the trial court.

Georgette Rosemoore was called as a witness for the State. Rosemoore testified that on…