PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. 120198.

2017 IL 120198

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MIESHA NELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed June 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Patricia Mysza , Deputy Defender, and S. Emily Hartman , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Annette Collins , and Eric Leafblad , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice Karmeier and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant, Miesha Nelson, and her three codefendants, Carmelita Hall, Tiffany Cox, and Rosalinda Ball, were tried jointly but in severed bench trials for the armed robbery and stabbing death of Morris Wilson. All four defendants were found guilty. On appeal...

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