PEOPLE v. KLUPPELBERG

No. 1-90-1114.

628 N.E.2d 908 (1993)

257 Ill. App.3d 516

195 Ill.Dec. 444

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James KLUPPELBERG, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

December 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll, William L. Toffenetti, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Mary C. Arundel, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.


Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant James Kluppelberg was found guilty of murder and arson, and was sentenced to natural life in prison for murder with concurrent terms of 14 years for three counts of arson. He now appeals, raising numerous issues. We affirm.

On March 24, 1984, in the early morning hours, a fire broke out in the vacant first floor of 4448 South Hermitage, a three-flat apartment building. The second...

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