People v. McGregor

VAN CISE, Judge.

Defendant, Willie Ray McGregor, appeals the judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder and first degree assault. We affirm.

In July 1978, defendant’s wife, from whom he was estranged, was assaulted and her male companion was killed while they were in the house occupied by the wife. The People asserted that defendant deliberately entered the house and attacked the victims with a tire iron. Defendant contended that he came to the house by invitation, was attacked by the victims, one of whom had the tire iron, and that defendant, a karate expert,…