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Alfred Williams and Clifford Lorrick did a breaking and entering the Oak Park recreational building. The manager discovered them, and Williams shot him in the face with a shotgun. D acted as a lookout. Williams was tried as a co-defendant and was convicted, along with D, of breaking and entering and of assault with intent to commit murder. Lorrick pled guilty and testified for the prosecution at D's trial. The group of five drove around and eventually stopped to do the crime. D went to a building across the street while the break-in and murder occurred. D took the stand and testified that he was in no way involved in the plans of Lorrick and Williams. D claimed he went across the street was to seek a friend who he thought would help him find employment. D appealed his conviction.

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