People v. Willis

Defendant, Henry Willis, was charged with murder. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County he was found guilty of that crime and sentenced to not less than 25 nor more than 50 years. The following points have been considered on appeal: Whether the trial court erred in not suppressing at Rial two of defendant’s confessions as being factually involuntary and as having been obtained in derogation of his Miranda rights; whether the cause must be remanded for a new trial due to the failure of the State to call all material witnesses connected with the taking of the defendant’s…