People v. Murphy

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a term of not less than fifteen, nor more than thirty years.

Defendant contends: (1) he did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to counsel when he made an oral statement to a police officer because he was not made aware of the fact that he was to be charged with murder; (2) the State failed to comply with Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 37, par. 703 — 2, which requires the police to make a reasonable effort to contact the juvenile’s parents or to have a…