People v. White

Defendant, Douglas K. White, appeals from his convictions for the first-degree murder of his grandmother, Adella Vallerius, the first-degree murder of his grandmother’s friend, Carroll Pieper, and the concealment of the homicidal death of Carroll Pieper. Judgment was entered on the convictions on March 16, 1989, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Madison County. Defendant was sentenced to two terms of natural life imprisonment for the two murders, and to a five-year term of imprisonment for the concealment of the homicidal death, all to be served concurrently.

Defendant raises four…