PEOPLE v. REIMNITZ

No. 78-724.

72 Ill. App.3d 761 (1979)

391 N.E.2d 380

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LARRY REIMNITZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed May 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Donnell & Murphy, of Chicago (Arthur J. O'Donnell and Sheila M. Murphy, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Nicholas P. Iavarone, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 16, 1975, Larry Reimnitz found the strangled body of his wife, Linda, in their car inside the open garage of their home. Eight months later, after a day-long, intensive interrogation by the police, he confessed to murdering her. Although at trial he recanted this confession, a jury convicted Reimnitz of the murder.

On appeal, Reimnitz maintains that the...

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