PEOPLE v. LOPEZ

No. 85-378.

152 Ill. App.3d 667 (1987)

504 N.E.2d 862

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIGUEL LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed February 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Alison Edwards, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, James E. Fitzgerald, and Steven J. Zick, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Miguel Lopez was found guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections and 3 years of mandatory supervised release. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) he was denied a fair trial as a result of multiple instances of improper prejudicial hearsay testimony...

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