PEOPLE v. HERRON

No. 95135.

830 N.E.2d 467 (2005)

215 Ill.2d 167

294 Ill.Dec. 55

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Nakia HERRON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan and Lisa Madigan, Attorneys General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers and Linda D. Woloshin, Solicitors General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Peter D. Fischer, Susan Schierl Sullivan, Veronica Calderon Malavia and Annette Collins, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Edwin A. Burnette, Public Defender, Chicago (Lester Finkle and Brenton Williams, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.


Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Nakia Herron, was convicted of first degree murder and armed robbery in the circuit court of Cook County. In his direct appeal, he raised one issue: whether the trial court improperly instructed the jury about eyewitness identification testimony. The defendant did not object to this instruction at trial and did not mention this instruction in his posttrial motion. The appellate court addressed this...

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