People v. Henry

Tom Henry was convicted of murder following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Peoria County and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. In his appeal he contends that he was not proved guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt, that the court erred in denying his request for an evidentiary hearing on his post-trial motion to suppress evidence, and that the court erred in denying his post-trial motion to reopen the evidence to expand upon testimony presented at trial.

A brief recitation of the facts, as revealed by testimony at the defendant’s trial on January 21, 1981, is warranted before…