Appellate Court of Illinois February 4, 1981, 80-167 (People v. McFarland)

Mr. JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Larry Joe McFarland, was charged with the offense of murder. Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Rock Island County, defendant was acquitted of murder but convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a determinate term of 14 years in the Department of Corrections.