Illinois Supreme Court June 9, 1992, 71461 (People v. Smith)

CHIEF JUSTICE MILLER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9—3(a)) in the shooting death of his wife, Carolyn Smith. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, reversed the conviction (208 Ill. App. 3d 538).