People v. Buxton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

Archie Buxton, the defendant-appellant, was found guilty by a jury of the senseless and brutal murder of Louis Sheets, a 79-year-old man. The court sentenced him to a term of not less than 100 years nor more than 101 years in the penitentiary.

On appeal the defendant raises the following questions: 1) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress an oral statement given to police; 2) whether the State proved the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; 3) whether the court imposed an excessive…