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PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 41441.

50 Ill.2d 280 (1972)

278 N.E.2d 762

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM R. ALLEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRENCH & DAVITT, of Rockford, (ROBERT J. FRENCH, of counsel,) appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and PHILIP G. REINHARD, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (THOMAS J. IMMEL and FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorneys General, and DANIEL D. DOYLE, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William R. Allen, was convicted of murder following a jury trial in the circuit court of Winnebago County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 15 to 40 years. He appeals seeking reversal of the conviction, alleging that the trial court erred in denying him the right to interpose a plea of self-defense, viz....

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