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PEOPLE v. PURSLEY

No. 2-09-0913.

943 N.E.2d 98 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick A. PURSLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Stauffer, Andrew W. Vail, Kyle A. Palazzolo, Jenner & Block LLP, Steven A. Drizin, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Chicago, for Patrick A. Pursley.

Joseph P. Bruscato, Winnebago County State's Attorney, Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director, Richard S. London, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, for People of the State of Illinois.

OPINION

Justice BOWMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Defendant, Patrick A. Pursley, appeals the circuit court order that denied his motion for postconviction ballistics testing. Defendant has long pursued postconviction ballistics testing related to the murder of Andrew Ascher,1 even as the relevant statute has changed. At this time, we grant defendant the relief requested and reverse the trial court's denial...

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