Court of Claims of Illinois September 22, 1983, No. 77-CV-0437 (In re Burton)

POCH, J.

This claim arises out of an incident that occurred on July 20, 1975. Mary L. Burton, wife of the deceased victim, Luster Burton, Jr., seeks compensation pursuant to the provisions of the Crime Victims Compensation Act, hereafter referred to as the Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 70, par. 71 et seq.