PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

No. 2-04-0297.

842 N.E.2d 1246 (2006)

363 Ill. App.3d 470

299 Ill.Dec. 894

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender, and Steven E. Wiltgen (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Hector Sanchez.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Elgin, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, and Trent M. Marshall, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for the People.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in 1986, defendant, Hector Sanchez, was convicted of murder, attempted murder, aggravated kidnaping, rape, and deviate sexual assault. Defendant was sentenced to death for the murder conviction, but in January 2003, defendant's death sentence was commuted. On October 27, 2003, defendant filed a pro se motion for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA...

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