# People v. Simpson

> Illinois Supreme Court · October 5, 1977 · 68 Ill. 2d 276

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9540608

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JACK CANNON SIMPSON, Appellee
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 5, 1977
- **Citations:** 68 Ill. 2d 276; 12 Ill. Dec. 234; 369 N.E.2d 1248; 3 A.L.R. 4th 1094; 1977 Ill. LEXIS 381
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Dooley
- **Judges:** Moran, Ward, Goldenhersh, Dooley
- **Cited by:** 34 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing the third-party exception to marital privilege

## Opinion text

MR. JUSTICE DOOLEY, also dissenting:
I join in the very persuasive opinions of Mr. Chief Justice Ward and Mr. Justice Goldenhersh. There was no voluntary waiver of a substantial right by the defendant. This error is of such consequence as to justify a new trial, absent such cunning stratagems as were employed here.

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