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The PEOPLE v. Walcher

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1969No. 40876PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward

The appellant, William Walcher, was found guilty of murder following a bench trial in the circuit court of Coles County and was sentenced to death by electrocution.

Walcher, Forrest Hayes and Gerald Groves had been charged by indictment with having slain Clarence Brooks on December 16, 1966, while attempting the armed robbery of Brooks in a liquor store in Mattoon. The indictment charged inter alia that Brooks had been killed while the appellant, Hayes and Groves were attempting a forcible felony, armed robbery. Hayes and Groves pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and testified for the People…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Powell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. ResweberSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. The People v. MyersIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
  5. The PEOPLE v. LionIllinois Supreme Court · 1957

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. People v. SilagyIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  3. People v. SzaboIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  4. People v. EvansIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
  5. People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1989

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