Appellate Court of Illinois December 20, 1985, 3-85-0231 (People v. Sawyer)

JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Terrance Sawyer, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing of Garry D. Kennedy. On appeal, the defendant challenges both his conviction and his sentence.

The defendant was visiting Belinda Stevens in Macomb on September 20, 1983. Belinda was the mother of the defendant’s child. At approximately 10 p.m.