The People v. McWilliams

Russell Robert McWilliams was indicted in the circuit court of Winnebago county for the murder of William Sayles. McWilliams pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death. He prosecuted a writ of error, allowed by this court, and the judgment of the circuit court, so far as it imposed the death penalty, was reversed and the cause was remanded to that court with directions to proceed in conformity with the opinion filed. (People v. McWilliams, 348 Ill. 333). After the re-instatement of the cause in the circuit court of Winnebago county, further proceedings, including the introduction of additional…