PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

No. 1-02-2893.

842 N.E.2d 1193 (2006)

363 Ill. App.3d 13

299 Ill.Dec. 841

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramona WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

January 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Robert M. Stephenson, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Mari R. Hatzenbuehler, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

In August 2002, a jury found the defendant, Ramona Washington, guilty of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2000)). The trial court sentenced the defendant to a prison term of 20 years. The defendant appeals her conviction, raising four issues, only two of which we address: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence regarding the scheduled polygraph examination and (2) whether the...

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