People v. Daniels

Following a jury trial in 1990 before Judge Michael E Toomin, defendant Sheila Daniels was convicted of the first degree murder of her paraplegic boyfriend, David McCoy, and was sentenced to an 80-year prison term. On appeal, with one justice dissenting, this court ruled, inter alia, that the trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress statements, but reversed defendant’s conviction, finding the admission of polygraph results at her trial improper. People v. Daniels, 272 Ill. App. 3d 325 (1994) (Daniels I). Following a second jury trial before Judge Joseph J. Urso,…