PEOPLE v. MATTHEWS

Docket No. 1-10-2540.

979 N.E.2d 497 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 102540

365 Ill. Dec. 893

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Angela MATTHEWS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

October 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Maria A. Harrigan , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Joan F. Frazier , and Tasha Marie Kelly , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Presiding Justice SALONE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, Angela Matthews, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder for the killing of Elmer Brown. On appeal, defendant argues the trial court improperly admitted the following evidence: (1) a polygraph test taken by one of the State's witnesses, (2) prior consistent statements made by a State witness, and (3) a videotape showing defendant in the police interrogation...

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