PEOPLE v. LIPPERT

No. 54682.

89 Ill.2d 171 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 605

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. STANLEY A. LIPPERT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, Thomas J. Homer, State's Attorney, of Lewistown (John X. Breslin and Gary F. Gnidovec, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Frank W. Ralph, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

At the conclusion of a bench trial in the circuit court of Fulton County defendant, Stanley Lippert, was found guilty of the armed robbery of two elderly couples and was sentenced to a term of six years' imprisonment. A divided appellate court held that a showup identification of defendant by the robbery victims and a subsequent confession should have been...

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