[DOWNLOAD] "People v. Allen" by Supreme Court of Illinois " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Allen
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 28, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Defendant, William R. Allen, was convicted of murder following a jury trial in the circuit court of Winnebago County and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 15 to 40 years. He appeals seeking reversal of the conviction, alleging that
the trial court erred in denying him the right to interpose a plea of self-defense, viz., disallowing testimony of witnesses
regarding the character and prior conduct of the victim that would "lend credence to the fact" that defendant acted in self-defense,
refusing to give self-defense instructions and denying him the right to argue the same to the jury. He claims further error
when the court denied him a copy of the transcript of the grand jury proceedings prior to trial. At 7:36 P.M., on September 8, 1967, police officers arrived at defendant's home in response to a shooting call. They found
the victim lying dead on the front steps. His body was face down with the feet at the top of the concrete stoop on the same
level as the front door, and his head was resting on the adjacent sidewalk at the foot of three concrete steps.