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THE PEOPLE v. TRIPLETT

No. 38752.

33 Ill.2d 155 (1965)

210 N.E.2d 522

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLARD LaVERNE TRIPLETT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMSON, THOMSON & MIRZA, of Bloomington, (JEROME MIRZA, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and WILLIAM R. NASH, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN W. NIELSEN, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Cause transferred.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1956 a Winnebago County jury trial resulted in the conviction of Willard LaVerne Triplett on a charge of murdering his brother. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. The case is now before us on writ of error to review the original judgment of conviction. A previous writ of error for the same purpose, commenced in 1959, was apparently abandoned in favor of post-conviction...

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