The Illinois Appellate Court has overturned the murder conviction of a former Northwestern University professor, citing a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Wyndham Lathem was serving a 53-year sentence for the 2017 stabbing death of his boyfriend in Chicago.The court’s decision, issued Friday, focused on a procedural error during Lathem’s trial. After Lathem completed direct testimony, the trial judge barred him from consulting with his attorneys during an overnight recess.
The decision to bar Lathem from conferring with his attorneys during a 17-hour recess occurred amid discussions over the admissibility of these messages.Justice Oden Johnson wrote that stopping a testifying defendant from talking to their lawyer during a long recess goes against established legal precedent.
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