People v. Powell

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, George Powell (defendant) was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 20 years. He appeals.

John Snow, a 15-year-old high school student, sitting on a mail box in Chicago during the afternoon of November 15, 1974, saw three men “wrestling about 100 feet away” in the driveway of a Bell Telephone building. He started to walk toward them, east on the north side of the street. About 15 or 20 feet away, he heard three shots and saw sparks emanating from where the three men were together. Two of the men ran toward…