People v. Wade

Defendant, O. D. Wade, was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County of the crime of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 35 nor more than 70 years. His petition for a new trial pursuant to section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 72) was subsequently denied. On appeal defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) whether a witness was properly qualified to advance an opinion that more than one gun caused the holes found in the deceased’s vehicle; (3)…