People v. Kline

99 Ill. App.3d 540 (1981)

425 N.E.2d 562

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

PHILLIP KLINE, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 79-536.

Illinois Appellate Court — Third District.

Opinion filed August 25, 1981.

Shelvin Singer, of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward F. Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (John X. Breslin and Rita F. Kennedy, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part, and reversed and remanded in part.

In 1979, after a bench trial, Phillip Kline was convicted of the 1973 bludgeon murder of Bridgette Regli in a country field…