People v. Woodall
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kuehn
We are presented a case where three lawyers who work for the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor’s office teamed up to successfully prosecute and convict Robert Woodall of multiple crimes, including the execution-style murder of a young woman named Heather Lynch. Either the trio conducted an error-free prosecution or the defendant has simply bypassed other potential issues, confident in his challenge of their power to do what they did.
The defendant raises but one question for our review. It rests upon the contention that the people who prosecuted him were all illegitimate interlopers,…
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