PEOPLE v. JAKES

Docket No. 1-11-3057.

2 N.E.3d 481 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 113057

377 Ill. Dec. 565

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony JAKES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loevy & Loevy, of Chicago ( Tara Thompson , Jon Loevy , Russell Ainsworth , and Debra Loevy-Reyes , of counsel), for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg and Christine Cook , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 This case involves a postconviction petitioner's right to discovery. A jury found Anthony Jakes guilty of murder, based largely on a confession Jakes signed after questioning by Detectives Michael Kill and Kenneth Boudreau. Jakes testified that he signed the statement because Kill beat him and threatened him while Boudreau watched. Kill and Boudreau denied that they beat...

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