People v. Pecor

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, the defendant, Gregory Pecor, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a term of life in prison without parole. On appeal, the defendant has raised numerous issues. In this opinion we limit our consideration to whether the trial judge erred in ruling that the defendant, a white male, did not have standing to object to the prosecution’s use of peremptory challenges excluding black venirepersons from the petit jury.

We reverse and remand with directions.

We find the following facts to be relevant to the disposition of…