THE PEOPLE v. WILFONG

No. 34786.

19 Ill.2d 406 (1960)

168 N.E.2d 726

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM GEORGE WILFONG, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM GEORGE WILFONG, pro se.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DARRELL E. KLINK, State's Attorney, of Lincoln, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and RODNEY G. BUCHER, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William George Wilfong, prosecutes this writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Livingston County sentencing him to the penitentiary for a term of five to ten years for the crime of assault with intent to murder.

On the night of October 22, 1956, two members of the Illinois State Police, Glenn A. Nichols and Robert Golightly, were shot and wounded...

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