People v. Watson

Following a bench trial, defendant, Vernon Watson, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated kidnapping. He was later sentenced as an habitual offender to natural life in prison without the possibility of parole. The question before us in this appeal is whether the DNA evidence admitted at defendant’s trial should have been suppressed because defendant’s blood, which was used for DNA testing, was obtained by means of a grand jury subpoena. The circuit court of Cook County denied defendant’s suppression motion and the appellate court…