The PEOPLE v. Tillman

By writ of error the defendant, Willie Tillman, seeks to reverse his conviction of murder, having been found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in the penitentiary by the criminal court of Cook County. He urges as grounds for reversal (1) that he was not tried within the time provided by the provisions of section 18 of division XIII of the Criminal Code, (2) improper argument of the State’s Attorney at the close of the case, (3) that the evidence failed to show malice aforethought beyond a reasonable doubt and (4) that the evidence failed to show a requisite intent on the…