PEOPLE v. DRUMHELLER

No. 72-311.

15 Ill. App.3d 418 (1973)

304 N.E.2d 455

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAM DRUMHELLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

November 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Deputy Defender, of Elgin (Richard J. Wilson, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Gerry L. Dondanville, State's Attorney, of Geneva (James B. Zagel and Ronald Hanna, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed; sentence reduced.

Mr. JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant guilty of murder and he was sentenced to a term of 70 to 125 years.

On appeal, the defendant contends that he was not proven guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt, trial counsel was incompetent, the jury was improperly instructed and the sentence imposed was excessive....

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