Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 31, 2017No. Appeal 3–15–0542UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lytton

¶ 1 Defendant, William S. Thomas, appeals from the denial of his motion for forensic testing. He argues that his motion set forth each of the elements required for such testing to be granted and thus requests this court reverse the Tazewell County circuit court's judgment. We find that any result of the proposed testing would not have the potential to produce evidence that would raise a reasonable probability that defendant would have been acquitted had he proceeded to trial. We therefore affirm the circuit court's denial of defendant's motion.

¶ 2 FACTS

¶ 3 Defendant pled guilty on June 24,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. SavoryIllinois Supreme Court · 2001
  2. People v. SpencerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2012
  3. People v. SpencerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2012

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. ThomasAppellate Court of Illinois · 2018

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