People v. Mudd

Summary

The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed Jeremy Mudd’s unlawful use of a weapon conviction, holding that the State’s rebuttal closing remarks about both parties’ ability to request forensic testing neither misrepresented the evidence nor shifted the burden of proof, and that Mudd failed to preserve any error and received effective assistance of counsel. The court applied a de novo plain‑error analysis and rejected Mudd’s claims of reversible error.