PEOPLE v. GARZA

No. 1-87-3014.

180 Ill. App.3d 263 (1989)

535 N.E.2d 968

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HECTOR GARZA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied April 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Epstein, of Epstein, Zaideman & Esrig, P.C., of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, James E. Fitzgerald, and Jeanne A. Morrow, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals his conviction of murder and sentence of 35 years' imprisonment, raising the following issues: (1) whether he was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel; (2) whether he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (3) whether the trial court allowed inadmissible hearsay testimony into evidence; and (4) whether he was denied a fair trial by the State...

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