People v. Littlejohn

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Mack Littlejohn was found guilty of murder and attempted murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 9—1, 8—4), and was sentenced to 50 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals his conviction. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

At trial, the State presented the testimony of Joanne Lee, defendant’s common law wife. Lee testified that she first met defendant through his brother Odell nine years prior to the instant offense. At that time, defendant…