PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. 3-87-0676.

174 Ill. App.3d 641 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 270

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MELVIN WILSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied October 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary R. Peterson, of State's Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Edward F. Masters, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Gerald P. Ursini, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is on appeal after a retrial which ended in the defendant's conviction for the murders of Ralph Dixon and Crystal Knight. The defendant was sentenced to natural life imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the trial court's failure to either bar a witness from testifying for the State or grant defense counsel's motion for continuance was an abuse of discretion. We affirm.

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