People v. Piatkowski

Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Carman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Burke took no part in the decision.

OPINION

The issue presented in this case is whether an erroneous jury instruction about eyewitness identification testimony rose to the level of plain error so as to require a new trial. In 1996, defendant was convicted of first degree murder for the shooting death of Pedro Melquiadez and attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery for shooting Jamie Fragoso. On appeal, the appellate court reversed defendant’s convictions and remanded the cause…