Steven Linscott

• Alibi

● Defendant’s wife supported alibi

Defendant denied murdering the victim and described how he called the police and told them about a dream he had about the crime.

• Confession
• Forensic Evidence

• Hair
• Serology

• Vague
• Valid

Analyst found several hairs to be “consistent” and blood group markers detected were consistent with a mixture of the defendant and the victim’s markers.

● Described murder victim’s living room, including lighting, wood panels, table and door ● Describes weapon as a tapered metallic object, then tire iron or a blunt object (blood and hairs were found on a tire iron found in bushes in front of victim’s apartment building) ● Victim did not physically resist or scream ● Described attacking motions consistent with blood stains ● Described the victim receiving seven blows to the head and other blows on her body (consistent with autopsy) BUT Statement described a “dream” which incorrectly described the race of the victim, the location of the body, and did not describe stab wounds

“He physically stood there and demonstrated to [the two officers] by moving his arms how the woman was beaten.”

“Steven Linscott not only described how a young lady had died in a living room setting, how she was first on her hands and knees and then fell to the floor. He demonstrated with up and down full extension of the right hand what he saw the man do. That is consistent with high velocity blood stains found on her body and the apartment.” “Suffice it to say in those tapes he supplied information only the killer … would and could know… He elaborated in detail…”

• Brady
• Jackson Claim
• Jury Misconduct
• Jury Selection
• Prosecutorial Misconduct
• Willfull Destruction of Material Evidence

• Prosecutorial Misconduct

• G
• NP

People v. Linscott, 482 N.E.2d 403 (Ill. App. 1 Dist., 1985)
People v. Linscott, 500 N.E.2d 420 (Ill. 1986)
People v. Linscott, 511 N.E.2d 1303 (Ill. App. 1 Dist., 1987)
People v. Linscott, 566 N.E.2d 1355 (Ill. 1991)