People v. Jimenez

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNULTY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Thaddeus Jimenez, appeals from his conviction and sentence on the charge of first degree murder. We reverse and remand for a new trial because the trial court refused to ask prospective jurors any question concerning the effect defendant’s gang affiliation might have on their ability to give him a fair trial.

Around 6 p.m. on February 3, 1993, Larry Tueffel and Eric Morro encountered Victor Romo and another boy on a city sidewalk. Several witnesses on the street saw the boy with Romo kill Morro by shooting him point-blank…