PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. 1-18-1486.

158 N.E.3d 1067 (2019)

2019 IL App (1st) 181486

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jackie WILSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Opinion filed December 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. O'Rourke , Special State's Attorney, of O'Rourke & Moody, LLP, of Chicago ( Myles P. O'Rourke , Lawrence Rosen , and Robert E. Williams , Assistant Special State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

G. Flint Taylor , John L. Stainthorp , and Christian Snow , of People's Law Office, and Elliot Slosar , of The Exoneration Project, both of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 Officers William Fahey and Richard O'Brien were fatally shot while on duty on February 9, 1982. This led to the biggest manhunt in Chicago's history. While in custody, defendant Jackie Wilson (petitioner) gave a statement regarding those murders. He was ultimately...

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