BEAMAN v. FREESMEYER

No. 4-16-0527.

160 N.E.3d 1028 (2019)

2019 IL App (4th) 160527

Alan BEAMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tim FREESMEYER, Former Normal Police Detective; Dave Warner, Former Normal Police Detective; Frank Zayas, Former Normal Police Lieutenant; and the Town of Normal, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Filed December 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Shapiro and Locke E. Bowman , of Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, and Jeffrey Urdangen , of Bluhm Legal Clinic, both of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, of Chicago, for appellant.

Thomas G. DiCianni , of Ancel Glink P.C., of Chicago, for appellees.

Arthur Loevy , Jon Loevy , Steven Art , and Alison R. Leff , of Loevy & Loevy, of Chicago, for amici curiae former prosecutors Stuart Chanen et al.

Tamara L. Cummings , of Western Springs, Bruce Bialorucki , of Springfield, Dan Hassinger , of Decatur, and Pasquale A. Fioretto , of Baum Sigman Auerbach & Neuman, Ltd., of Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois FOP Labor Council et al.

Mark A. Flessner , Corporation Counsel, of Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and Elizabeth Mary Tisher , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for amici curiae City of Chicago et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 In 2008, the Supreme Court of Illinois overturned plaintiff's conviction for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lockmiller, upon concluding the State violated his right to due process when it failed to disclose material and exculpatory information...

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