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PEOPLE v. MORRISON

Gen. No. 49,752.

52 Ill. App.2d 9 (1964)

201 N.E.2d 639

People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Albert Morrison, Junior, Plaintiff in Error.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

September 14, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte B. Viner, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

William G. Clark, Attorney General, of Springfield (Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney, of Chicago, Fred G. Leach and E. Michael O'Brien, Assistant Attorneys General, Elmer C. Kissane and William J. Nellis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for defendant in error.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Albert Morrison, in a bench trial, was found guilty of the murder of Ida Brown, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of sixteen years. He prosecutes this writ of error, contending that the homicide was accidental, and that the People failed to prove malice aforethought beyond a reasonable doubt.

The homicide occurred on the morning of April 28, 1960, in the presence of...

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