People v. Garza

The defendant in this cause, Arthur Garza, was found guilty of the murder of Bridgette Regli by a jury in the Will County Circuit Court. Two other men, Phillip Kline and Glen Schultz, Jr., were convicted in separate trials for the same offense. On this appeal defendant Garza urges us to find that multiple errors occurred in the trial below.

On December 6, 1973, Bridgette Regli was a 16-year-old high school student at Crete-Monee High School. After eating breakfast on the morning of the 6th, Miss Regli left for the high school, which is approximately one mile from her home. Later that day, at…