Appellate Court of Illinois July 10, 1978, No. 77-61 (People v. Walker)

Mr. JUSTICE BOYLE

delivered the opinion of the court:

During the early morning hours of August 4, 1975, Ms. Carol Adams was brutally beaten as she lay sleeping in her Rockford, Illinois, home. The investigation of the crime led to the arrest of the defendant-appellant, Ricky Walker, hereafter the defendant.