Supreme Court of Illinois

Defendant was not denied the right to a fair trial where a juror indicated that she could not be fair and impartial because, though a trial court has discretion to remove a juror sua sponte for cause, the court does not have a duty to do so.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2002
• Published 01/29/2003

Judges

• Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Alan J. Spellberg and John E. Nowak, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (Suzanne A. Isaacson, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.