PEOPLE v. KNIPPENBERG

No. 78-75.

70 Ill. App.3d 496 (1979)

388 N.E.2d 806

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN D. KNIPPENBERG, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franz K. Fleischli, III, of Springfield, for appellant.

Brenda Sweeney, State's Attorney, of Taylorville (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Stephen J. Maassen, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Christian County, defendant John Knippenberg was convicted of murder and sentenced to a term of 30 to 60 years imprisonment. Defendant appeals from his conviction alleging that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a change of venue and change of judge; that it abused its discretion in refusing to sequester the jury; that defendant...

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