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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 62959.

368 N.E.2d 679 (1977)

53 Ill. App.3d 266

11 Ill.Dec. 128

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Earl WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis, Deputy State App. Defender, Chicago (Martin Carlson, Asst. State App. Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty. of Cook County (Laurence J. Bolon, Mary Ellen Dienes, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

ROMITI, Justice:

Robert Earl Williams (defendant) was found guilty of murder in a bench trial and was sentenced to 14 to 20 years in the Department of Corrections. His co-defendants, Leon McGregory, Pierre Dampier, and Michael Collins, were acquitted of the same charge. The only additional evidence offered by the State as to defendant Williams was his statement admitting involvement, made after his arrest. On appeal defendant contends that the statement should have...

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