RUDY v. PEOPLE

No. 1-11-3449.

984 N.E.2d 540 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 113449

368 Ill. Dec. 594

Sharon RUDY, Administrator with the Will Annexed of the Estate of Elizabeth Ehlert, Deceased, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

January 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Bolan , Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Atty., Alan J. Spellberg , Peter D. Fischer , Asst. State's Attys., Chicago, IL, for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant Elizabeth Ehlert was convicted of first-degree murder of her newborn infant girl and sentenced to 58 years' imprisonment. Defendant's conviction was reversed on direct appeal. The appellate court determined that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting irrelevant and prejudicial evidence that defendant had two prior abortions...

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