People v. Jacobs

This is an appeal by Daniel Wayne Jacobs, defendant, from conviction by the circuit court of Rock Island County for the offenses of robbery and murder. A sentence of not less than 14 years nor more than 18 years in the penitentiary was imposed upon the conviction for the crime of murder.

The defendant at the time of allegedly committing the criminal offense with which he was charged was 15 years of age. Pursuant to a transfer from the juvenile court he was tried as an adult.

As garnered from information contained in a purported confession of the defendant and from testimony adduced during his…