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PEOPLE v. KNIGHT

No. 62446.

45 Ill. App.3d 965 (1977)

360 N.E.2d 521

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EARL KNIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed February 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis and Lynn Sara Frackman, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and Paul Benjamin Linton, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Cook County. After a trial by jury the defendant, Earl Knight, was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to a term of 20 to 60 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

The sole issue presented for review is whether or not the eyewitness testimony of the State, taken with the physical evidence, was so unbelievable as...

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