PEOPLE v. HUDSON

No. 79-245.

86 Ill. App.3d 335 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 325

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL HUDSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and E. William Hutton, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Martin N. Ashley and Gillum Ferguson, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Michael Hudson was convicted of forgery in the Circuit Court of Madison County following a jury trial at which he represented himself. On appeal, defendant contends that his waiver of counsel was invalid and that various trial errors occurred. We find that reversible error occurred in the admission of prior unsworn consistent statements by the State's witnesses, most of...

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