People v. Wheeler

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOMER

delivered the opinion of the court: The defendant, Derrick J. Wheeler, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1) (West 1996)) in the Will County circuit court. He claims that his convictions should be reversed because (1) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and (2) the court erroneously admitted evidence from “invisible blood” testing. We remand for a Frye hearing on the “invisible blood” testing procedure.

BACKGROUND

Before the defendant’s trial, his attorney filed a motion in limine seeking, inter alia, to bar the State from presenting…