PEOPLE v. MONTANEZ

No. 1-13-3726.

55 N.E.3d 692 (2016)

2016 IL App (1st) 133726

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee, v. Jose MONTANEZ, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Ainsworth , Jon Loevy , and Debra Loevy-Reyes , all of The Exoneration Project, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg and Celeste Stack , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 This appeal is taken from a directed finding that was entered in a postconviction proceeding stemming from a murder case 22 years ago. The principal witness from the trial has since submitted an affidavit that the trial testimony he gave was "false in all...

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