A leading appellate attorney reviews the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Thursday, June 6.
People v. Jefferson, 2024 IL 128676
By Kerry J. Bryson, Office of the State Appellate Defender

Trenton Jefferson was charged with the murder of Marcus Gosa in 2011. It was undisputed that the cause of Gosa’s death was a gunshot wound to the chest. Jefferson’s first trial ended in a hung jury, but he was convicted at a second trial. At that second trial, the State requested and was granted jury instructions and a special interrogatory on the question of whether Jefferson had personally…
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