People v. Hobbs

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Michael Hobbs was convicted of burglary and sentenced to three years’ probation, with the first six months in Cook County Department of Corrections. Defendant argues on appeal that: (1) he was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial; (2) the prosecutor’s misstatement of the law denied him a fair trial; and (3) the trial court’s ruling denied his constitutional right to a fair trial.

On December 20, 1986, defendant Michael Hobbs and his accomplices (Roosevelt Martin, James Ward and Shawn Hobbs) were arrested after…