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THE PEOPLE v. WALCHER

No. 40876.

42 Ill.2d 159 (1969)

246 N.E.2d 256

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM A. WALCHER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 27, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.K. KIDWELL, of Mattoon, and ROBERT L. GIBSON, of Paris, both appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RALPH D. GLENN, State's Attorney, of Charleston, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and L. STANTON DOTSON, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Affirmed as to conviction; sentence modified.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellant, William Walcher, was found guilty of murder following a bench trial in the circuit court of Coles County and was sentenced to death by electrocution.

Walcher, Forrest Hayes and Gerald Groves had been charged by indictment with having slain Clarence Brooks on December 16, 1966, while attempting the armed robbery of Brooks in a liquor store...

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