Appellate Court of Illinois

Judgment is affirmed in a conviction for first degree murder over claims of error regarding: 1) the denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment; 2) the exclusion of defendant's exculpatory evidence; 3) insufficiency of the evidence; 4) violations of defendant's Sixth Amendment rights due to admittance of testimonial evidence without opportunity to cross examine; and 5) photographs of defendant's tattoos were irrelevant and the admission was highly prejudicial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/13/2007
• Published 06/13/2007

Judges

• Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Appellate Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas C. Brandstrader, Chicago, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney (James E. Fitzgerald, Veronica Calderon Malavia, Christopher Petelle, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.