People v. Sampson

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Indictment
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 3-10-0237
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Kankakee Co.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded.
Justice: 
CARTER
Prosecutor's conduct in handling witnesses (by asking leading questions of witness without revealing that he was a detective and not an occurrence witness and was giving hearsay evidence, and by presenting witnesses from multiple cases before deliberating) did not deprive Defendant of due process, and prosecutor presented the modicum of evidence necessary for case to proceed to trial. Thus, court improperly dismissed indictment for aggravated battery and resisting a correctional institution employee. (SCHMIDT, concurring; HOLDRIDGE, specially concurring.)