PEORIA The attempted murder conviction of a Peoria man was thrown out this week after an appellate court panel ruled a judge should have let one of his key witnesses take the stand.
Instead, Peoria County Circuit Judge Paul Gilfillan didn t allow the witness to take the stand as the witness initially gave a false name, saying “he did not want to get involved in the trial of Myrune D. Linwood, who was convicted of shooting another man in August 2017 outside a South Peoria nightclub.
Linwood, 29, was sentenced to 36 years on the charge of attempted murder. After the December 2017 verdict and after the jury had left the room, Linwood got up, walked to the front of the table and flung a pitcher, which was full of water, about 10 feet toward the clerk’s desk, according to witnesses.