People v. Knippenberg

The defendant, John D. Knippenberg, was convicted of murder after a jury trial in the circuit court of Christian County and sentenced to serve from 30 to 60 years in prison. The conviction was affirmed by the appellate court (33 Ill. App. 3d 971), and we allowed the defendant’s petition for leave to appeal under our Rule 315 (58 Ill. 2d R. 315). The defendant’s only contention is that he was denied a fair trial by the prosecution’s improper use of a statement he had given to a defense investigator. He argues that this communication was protected from disclosure to the prosecution by the…