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PEOPLE v. VILLEGAS

No. 1-89-1964.

584 N.E.2d 248 (1991)

222 Ill. App.3d 546

165 Ill.Dec. 69

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose R. VILLEGAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Rotenberg, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, Cook County State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Andy Le-Fevour, Asst. State's Attys., and Gael O'Brien, Sp. Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Jose Villegas was convicted of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)) and armed violence (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 33A-2) and received concurrent terms of 50 and 30 years respectively. Defendant alleges the following reversible errors on appeal: (1) the court improperly excluded numerous hearsay statements of defendant's brother, Gonzolo Villegas, which profess that he, not defendant, murdered...

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