People v. Krankel

The defendant, John A. Krankel, was charged by information with the offenses of burglary and theft. Following a jury trial, Krankel was convicted of both offenses and subsequently sentenced to concurrent terms of five years imprisonment. Krankel’s sole issue on appeal is that the trial court erred in permitting Krankel’s former wife to testify to communications between her and Krankel during their marriage. Krankel claims that such testimony is barred by the Illinois marital privilege statute.

This issue was presented to the trial court initially as a pretrial motion in limine when Krankel…