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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 44407.

56 Ill.2d 328 (1974)

307 N.E.2d 353

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ALFRED SMITH, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley and Gordon Berry, Appellate Defenders, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and James S. Veldman, Assistant State's Attorney, and Bernard Armel (Senior Law Student), of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Alfred Smith, Jr., was found guilty of murder and burglary. On this appeal he contends (1) that the trial court erred in receiving his confession in evidence, (2) that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and (3) that the felony-murder rule was improperly...

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