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THE PEOPLE v. TRIPLETT

No. 39845.

37 Ill.2d 234 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 30

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLARD LAVERNE TRIPLETT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 16, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMSON, THOMSON & MIRZA, of Bloomington, (JEROME MIRZA, of counsel,) for appellant.

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

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1956 a jury in the circuit court of Winnebago County found the defendant, Willard Triplett, guilty of the murder of his brother, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1961 his petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 38, pars. 826-832.) was dismissed by the circuit court and this court affirmed...

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