People v. Evans

Defendant Donald Eugene Evans was indicted for murder. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Tazewell County, he was found guilty of that crime and sentenced to a term of 18 to 50 years in the Department of Corrections. This appeal is from that conviction.

On December 2, 1977, defendant took his son to school and, after concluding his work at Pizza Hut, went to his sister-in-law’s residence to see his wife and children. Defendant’s family had not lived with him in the marital home since early October when his wife had left him and removed the children. The parties had been married for 12…