People v. Prince

This case presents question as to whether Appellate Court properly reversed defendant’s conviction on obstruction of justice charge, but allowed government to retry defendant on said charge, where Appellate Court found that although government had failed to prove material impediment element of said charge, retrial was permissible because said element was added by Illinois Supreme Court decision in Crider, 2020 IL 125117, after trial in instant case had concluded. In his petition for leave to appeal, defendant argued that no retrial was permissible because evidence presented by government at trial showed that there was no material impediment in this case.