Some Lyon & Kerr Case Results
Appeals
People v. Pulido, 2017 IL App (3d) 150215
Robert Kerr successfully appealed and won on a suppression of evidence case, where officer’s probable cause dissipated after a lengthy search, and officers relocated the vehicle to further their search.
Read more:
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/resources/c5bf5ec6-cdd0-43e5-8613-21c9a60bad87/3150215.pdf
State v. Herring, 2014-Ohio-5228, 142 Ohio St. 3d 165, 28 N.E.3d 1217
Andrea Lyon fought and was successful in getting Mr. Herring death sentence vacated in a 1996 murder in Ohio.
People v. Safford, 392 Ill. App. 3d 212 (1st Dist. 2009)
The trial court erred in allowing a fingerprint examiner to testify to a conclusion without proper foundation; Andrea Lyon appealed for Mr. Safford and won a new trial.
Read More:
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/resources/c3cc196a-eb0e-48ad-87be-71b5eeb42dd2/file
People v. Jimerson, 166 Ill. 2d 211, 652 N.E.2d 278 (1995)
After losing at all stages of appeal, Andrea Lyon and a team were successful in getting Mr. Jimerson post-conviction relief.
Read more:
https://casetext.com/case/people-v-jimerson-10
People v. Hobley, 182 Ill. 2d 404 (1998)
Andrea Lyon coordinated a team defense, which ultimately won a new evidentiary hearing for Mr. Hobley. This case became immediate and important guiding case law for post-conviction cases. Mr. Hobley was ultimately exonerated.
Read more:
https://casetext.com/case/people-v-hobley
People v. Frias, 109 Ill. App. 3d 888 (1st Dist. 1982)
Andrea Lyon was successful in revering the conviction of armed violence based on the underlying felony of murder.
Read more:
https://casetext.com/case/people-v-frias-17
Post-Conviction
Madison Hobley – Exoneration – Police Misconduct Under Chicago Police Lieutenant Jon Burge
Read more:
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=2977
John Fulton – Exoneration – False Confession Under Chicago Police Detective Robert Bartik
Read more:
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5747
Anthony Mitchell – Exoneration – False Confession Under Chicago Police Detective Robert Bartik
Read more:
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5748
Jerry Gillespie – Exoneration – Police torture Under Chicago Police Lieutenant Jon Burge
Read more:
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6788
Commutation
Kylleen Hargrave-Thomas – Commutation – Ineffective Assistance Was found, Then Overturned
Read more:
https://www.mlive.com/grpress/2008/08/granholm_frees_woman_who_fatal.html
Other
Steve Shores – Exoneration – Conviction Rested on Faulty Testimony of Alternative Suspects
Read more:
https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/steven-shores.html