People v. Williams

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ST AMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Eddie Williams and LaFare Johnson, were charged by information with two counts of murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1.) Pursuant to a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendants were found guilty of the murder of Curtis Woods. Each defendant was sentenced to a term of 25-50 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Defendants now appeal from these convictions and present the following issues for our review: (1) whether an accomplice’s testimony was sufficient upon which to base a…