People v. Wilkes

2 Ill. App.3d 626 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 761

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

JIMMIE LEE WILKES, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 70-32.

Illinois Appellate Court — Third District.

December 16, 1971.

Bruce Stratton, of Ottawa, (John Barton, of counsel,) for appellant.

Louis R. Bertani, State's Attorney, of Joliet, (Herman Haase, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY delivered the opinion of the court:

Jimmie Lee Wilkes, defendant, was found guilty of the murder of Thomas Nelson (in the Circuit Court of Will County). Defendant…