People v. King

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Murder
Citation
Case Number: 
2018 IL App (2d) 151112
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Kane Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
ZENOFF

Defendant was convicted of 1st-degree murder of his wife. Defendant was prejudiced by improper introduction of  a former FBI profiler's "crime-scene-analysis" testimony, which was a subjective opinion that State's evidence was sufficient to convict Defendant. Medical evidence of cause of victim's death was necessary, because a lay person of average intelligence would not know what killed her. The former FBI profiler's was not qualified by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education to opinion on cause and manner of victim's death.(JORGENSEN and SCHOSTOK, concurring.)