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Illinois appeals court overturns dropped gun charges
February 15, 2010
Illinois: The Illinois Third District Appellate Court has overturned a ruling by Richard Schoenstedt, of the Will County Circuit Court, that had resulted in the dropping of illegal-gun charges against Drew Peterson. Peterson's attorney had requested access to prosecution documents in their attempt to prove that the gun charge was both vindictive and selective. The Will County's attorney refused access, Schoenstedt dropped the charges. The Appellate Court has ruled, however, that there is no case law which allows pretrial access to documents based on selective or vindictive prosecution claims and, therefore, Schoenstedt's ruling was a mistake and has been reversed.[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois
State courts:
Illinois Supreme Court • Illinois Appellate Court • Illinois Circuit Court
State resources:
Courts in Illinois • Illinois judicial elections • Judicial selection in Illinois
