Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit November 26, 2001, 00-3708 (Richard Reeves v. John C. Battles)

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Prior to deliberations, the trial judge denied the appellant’s request to provide the jury with an instruction on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter.