People v. Fields

This case is another step in the extensive history of a murder charge filed against Nathson Fields. After our supreme court affirmed his conviction (People v. Fields, 135 Ill. 2d 18 (1990)), Fields filed a postconviction petition for a new trial. The trial court granted the petition and our supreme court affirmed the decision. People v. Hawkins, 181 Ill. 2d 41 (1998). Before retrial the prosecution brought an interlocutory appeal from a decision that suppressed some evidence. This court affirmed the decision. People v. Hawkins, 326 Ill. App. 3d 992 (2001). On remand, again before retrial, the…