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THE PEOPLE v. SPENCER

No. 37202.

27 Ill.2d 320 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 270

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DONALD J. NOVOTNY, of Berwyn, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and EDWARD J. HLADIS and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William Spencer, was found guilty of murder after a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to life imprisonment. He prosecutes this writ of error contending that the introduction into evidence of a coerced confession denied him due process of law, and that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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