People v. Williams

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant appeals from a conviction of murder. The trial was by jury, and the court imposed a sentence of thirty to sixty years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. An appeal was initially taken to the Supreme Court which transferred the cause to this court because the defendant’s appeal did not present a substantial constitutional question.

The defendant, Jeffery Junior Williams and one Leonard White were charged in a two-count indictment with the murder and voluntary manslaughter of one Will Hugh Hutto.

The defendant contends…