PEOPLE v. CLIFTON

Nos. 1-98-2126, 1-98-2384.

750 N.E.2d 686 (2000)

321 Ill. App.3d 707

255 Ill.Dec. 769

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin CLIFTON, Defendant-Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent Galloway, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

As Corrected October 5, 2000.

As Corrected October 24, 2000.

Supplemental Opinion on Grant of Rehearing April 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Donna Finch, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellants.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Campos, Christina C. Frenzel, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.


SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON REHEARING

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

In these two consolidated cases, co-defendants Melvin Clifton and Vincent Galloway appeal from the contemporaneous respective judgments of the trial court convicting them each of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. Galloway argues on appeal that portions of the gang-related testimony presented at trial were hearsay; both...

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