Legal Opinion
People v. Wax
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 26, 1966No. Gen. 10,730PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTrapp, P. J.
Defendant appeals from a conviction of a charge of murder upon the verdict of a jury with a sentence of imprisonment of not less than 20 years nor more than 35 years.
It is not denied that shortly after 7:00 a. m. on August 10, 1964, the defendant shot the deceased with a shotgun at a distance of some 20 feet as the decedent was walking away, and that as the decedent lay on the ground following such shot, the defendant approached and discharged 2 more shells into him.
It is defendant’s theory that as a matter of law the State did not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in that there was…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spano v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by26 opinions
- People v. ChevalierIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- Commonwealth v. BermudezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- People v. ArnoldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
- Wilkey v. WaxAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967
- United States of America Ex Rel. William A. Wax v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
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