PEOPLE v. PETERSON

No. 3-10-0514.

968 N.E.2d 204 (2012)

360 Ill. Dec. 125

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Drew PETERSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

April 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Glasgow , State's Attorney (argued), Joliet ( Colleen M. Griffin , Assistant State's Attorney (argued), of counsel), for the People.

Steven A. Greenberg (argued), Steven A. Greenberg, Ltd., Joseph R. Lopez , Attorney at Law, Joel A. Brodsky , Brodsky & Odeh, Ralph E. Meczyk , Darryl Goldberg , Lisa M. Lopez , Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The defendant, Drew Peterson, was charged with two counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2004)) in connection with the death of Kathleen Savio. During pretrial matters, the circuit court issued several rulings on the admissibility of evidence the State intended to present at trial. The State filed five appeals from these rulings—Nos. 3...

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