PEOPLE v. JUSTICE

Gen. No. 51,615.

89 Ill. App.2d 189 (1967)

232 N.E.2d 479

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter D. Justice, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied December 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Biggs, of Chicago, for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County (Elmer C. Kissane and Eldridge Hersey, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant was indicted for murder. In a jury trial he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 4 to 15 years in the Illinois Penitentiary. He prosecutes this appeal contending that his statement to a police officer was improperly admitted in evidence and that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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