PEOPLE v. GRIFFITH

No. 1-09-1001.

936 N.E.2d 1174 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Evan GRIFFITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, IL ( Alan J. Spellberg , Susan R. Schierl Sullivan , Marci Jacobs , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey D. Colman , Justin A. Houppert , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.


Presiding Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Evan Griffith was convicted of felony murder in a jury trial in 1999, during which, according to the published opinion of this court, prosecutor Laura Morask engaged in numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct, which "called into question the State's commitment to fair and just enforcement of the law." People v. Griffith, 334 Ill.App.3d 98<...

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