Alexander Villa, awaiting sentencing after a 2019 trial verdict, has said police, prosecutors hid evidence from his lawyers. He wants a new judge appointed.
A month after prosecutors dropped charges against his two co-defendants in the slaying of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis, a man found guilty of fatally shooting the veteran officer has asked for a new judge to handle his bid for a new trial.
Dwain Johnson, 20, was sentenced Friday morning by Cook County Judge Timothy Joyce, just days after his testimony helped secure the convictions of Devin Barron and Jaylen Saulsberry.
A man who pleaded guilty and testified against his co-defendants on trial for the killing of retired Chicago firefighter Dwain Williams has been sentenced to prison.