PEOPLE v. BUXTON

No. 73-28.

28 Ill. App.3d 429 (1975)

328 N.E.2d 703

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARCHIE BUXTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

May 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, of State Appellate Defender's Office of Chicago, for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Robert L. Craig, Assistant States Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed as modified.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Archie Buxton, the defendant-appellant, was found guilty by a jury of the senseless and brutal murder of Louis Sheets, a 79-year-old man. The court sentenced him to a term of not less than 100 years nor more than 101 years in the penitentiary.

On appeal the defendant raises the following questions: 1) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant...

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