PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

No. 1-19-0490.

187 N.E.3d 1218 (2021)

2021 IL App (1st) 190490

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Opinion filed June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Tepfer , Karl Leonard , and Debra Loevy , of The Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago Law School, of Chicago, for appellant.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , John E. Nowak , and Noah Montague , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 On October 12, 1998, Daniel Garcia was severely beaten in an alley near Whipple Street and Armitage Avenue. He died two months later from cranial cerebral injuries. Defendant, John Martinez, was charged in this incident alongside codefendants, Jose Tinajero...

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