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PEOPLE v. SIMPSON

No. 48813.

68 Ill.2d 276 (1977)

369 N.E.2d 1248

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JACK CANNON SIMPSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, and C. Joseph Cavanagh, State's Attorney, both of Springfield (James B. Zagel, Jayne Carr, Donald B. Mackay and Raymond McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Robert C. Perry, G. Michael Prall, and Marc D. Towler, of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Prosecutor's Appellate Service, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, Robert E. Davison, and Daniel D. Yuhas, Assistant Defender, of the Office of State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial in Sangamon County circuit court, the defendant was convicted of murdering his paramour, Gwen Ellen Woods, in the early hours of October 30, 1972. The appellate court (39 Ill.App.3d 661) reversed the conviction and remanded the case for a new trial because it deemed privileged a marital conversation testified to at trial...

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