People v. Sanford

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Charles Sanford, was convicted by a jury of the offenses of murder and arson. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for concurrent terms of not less than fifty nor more than seventy-five years.

He contends that the State committed reversible error in commenting in its closing argument on his failure to produce alibi witnesses and in turning over a police report to his counsel in the presence of the jury. He also contends that the minimum sentence is excessive and should be reduced.

On August 28,1965, Sanford was…