People v. Wilson

This case is on appeal after a retrial which ended in the defendant’s conviction for the murders of Ralph Dixon and Crystal Knight. The defendant was sentenced to natural life imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the trial court’s failure to either bar a witness from testifying for the State or grant defense counsel’s motion for continuance was an abuse of discretion. We affirm.

Clifford Horne and the defendant, Melvin Wilson, were charged by indictment with the murders of Ralph Dixon and Crystal Knight. Horne entered a negotiated plea and received concurrent 25-year sentences of…