People v. Harris

Defendant, Robert Harris, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a jury and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 20 years. On appeal, his principal contention is that his confession should not have been admitted into evidence because it was involuntary, and he had been denied the assistance of counsel. A pretrial motion to suppress any written or oral confession was denied after hearing the testimony of witnesses.

Defendant’s trial was held in December 1965. The evidence shows that on February 25, 1963, at about 8:30 p. m., Lloyd L. Daniels, a CTA bus…