PEOPLE v. TRIPLETT

No. 79-215.

87 Ill. App.3d 763 (1980)

409 N.E.2d 401

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT TRIPLETT, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed August 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Clifford G. Kosoff and Timothy O'Neill, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Wesley H.H. Ching, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Miss PRESIDING JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found Robert Triplett, the defendant, guilty of murdering his wife, Ruth Triplett. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 50 years. On appeal the defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial because the trial judge erred in: (1) allowing a witness to be designated as a court's witness and permitting impeachment of that witness on a collateral...

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