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PEOPLE v. MORSE

No. 5-87-0482.

185 Ill. App.3d 503 (1989)

541 N.E.2d 868

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES L. MORSE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and Lori J. Lanciani, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Mark C. Hunter, State's Attorney, of Metropolis (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Matthew E. Franklin, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

• 1 The State must disclose charges pending against one of its witnesses and must disclose the terms of any deal for leniency for that witness so that a defendant can show bias. Failure to so disclose can deprive a defendant of due process of law as guaranteed by the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, made applicable against the several States by operation...

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