Appellate Court of Illinois

A conviction and sentence for first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the admissibility of videotaped statements of two co-defendants as substantive evidence against the defendant; and 2) denial of a fair trial due to the cumulative impact of instances of prosecutorial misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/01/2007
• Published 06/01/2007

Judges

• Justice TULLY delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Appellate Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney (James E. Fitzgerald, Michelle Katz, Tasha-Marie Kelly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Joshua A. Tepfer, Assistant Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.