People v. Miller

This is an appeal by the defendant, Jerry Richard Miller, from his conviction for murder and armed robbery by the Circuit Court of Peoria County following a jury trial. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 40 years’ imprisonment for murder and 25 years for armed robbery.

On August 30, 1979, the body of Paul Brown, the night watchman, was discovered at the Willow Knolls Country Club. He had been stabbed and shot to death. A small safe had been taken from the clubhouse office. The Peoria County sheriff’s investigation was unsuccessful until September 6, 1979, when sheriff’s detectives…