People v. Shegog

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Scipio Shegog appeals from a conviction of burglary in the Kankakee County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to a prison term of 3 to 9 years.

On appeal, defendant argues that the admission into evidence of testimony concerning an oral confession made by defendant to police officers was prejudicial error, since neither the existence nor the substance of the confession, nor the names of witnesses thereto, were revealed to the defense prior to trial.

From the record it appears that in the early morning hours of February 26, 1974, Clyde…