PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 1-06-3741.

902 N.E.2d 1230 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

February 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County (James Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg and John E. Nowak, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Adam Bourgeois and Barbara Klein of Bourgeois & Klein, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Dennis Edwards, was charged with the first degree murder of Ada Allen. Defendant's first trial ended when the trial court declared a mistrial without prejudice based on a discovery violation committed by defense counsel. The trial court subsequently denied defendant's motion to dismiss the charges against him based upon principles of double jeopardy. Defendant...

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