PEOPLE v. McCOTTRELL

Gen. No. 67-30.

117 Ill. App.2d 1 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 284

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

November 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Godfrey, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville (John M. Karns, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.


EBERSPACHER, J.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding the defendant, Walter McCottrell guilty upon each count of a three-count indictment charging the defendant with burglary with intent to commit theft, rape and robbery.

The defendant in his effort to reverse the judgment challenges the trial court's ruling that a written and oral confession were admissible in evidence, alleges that...

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