People v. Clay

FIRST DIVISION February 19, 2008 No. 1-06-0450 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) ) ROOSEVELT CLAY, ) Honorable ) James B. Linn, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court: Nearly thirty-three years have passed since the murders of a doctor and two of his patients, committed in the course of a kidnapping. Defendant Roosevelt Clay has twice been tried for and convicted of these murders. In this appeal, the defendant seeks a third trial. While we are troubled by some…