PEOPLE v. CLINE

(Docket No. 126383).

193 N.E.3d 1220 (2022)

2022 IL 126383

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. John CLINE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed January 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Joshua M. Schneider , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

James E. Chadd , State Appellate Defender, Douglas R. Hoff , Deputy Defender, and Christopher G. Evers , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.

David E. Koropp , of Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP, of Chicago, for amici curiae The Innocence Project, Inc., et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant John Cline was convicted of residential burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-3(a) (West 2014)), following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. The appellate court reversed his conviction because the only evidence tying him to the burglary was a...

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