PEOPLE v. WILLIS

No. 78-387.

79 Ill. App.3d 617 (1979)

398 N.E.2d 861

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HENRY WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Rehearing denied January 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Fe Fernandez, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Pamela Gray, and Mary A. Jischke, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Henry Willis, was charged with murder. After a jury trial, he was found guilty of that crime and was sentenced to 25 to 50 years. Defendant had been found guilty of the same crime at an earlier trial, but we reversed and remanded the conviction for a new trial because of failure to have all material witnesses to a confession testify at a hearing on the voluntariness of the...

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