Legal Opinion
People v. Washington
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1996No. 76651PublishedCited by 242 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
The question in this case is whether due process is implicated in a claim of innocence based upon new evidence so as to permit the claim to be raised in a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (725 ILCS 5/122 — 1 et seq. (West 1992)). We hold that it is.
BACKGROUND
In 1982, Kurtis Washington was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering Tony Hightie. Hightie had been murdered outside his home in Chicago shortly after 9 p.m. on May 9, 1980. Washington was implicated in the crime by Donna McClure, Hightie’s girlfriend, and Ronald Tapes.
McClure and Tapes witnessed the murder. At…
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