People v. Uppole

The defendant was convicted of the murder of his wife and sentenced to 50 years in the Department of Corrections. The defendant appeals. He claims the trial court erred in conducting voir dire, failed to provide him reasonable access to a law library, and the court’s sentence was excessive. We affirm.

On August 2, 1978, the defendant shot and killed his estranged wife, Norma Uppole. The defendant entered the couple’s former marital residence with a gun and waited for his wife to return. When the wife returned home, the defendant shot her three times. The defendant then brought his daughter…