PEOPLE v. HARVEY

Nos. 89106, 89760, 90278.

813 N.E.2d 181 (2004)

211 Ill.2d 368

286 Ill.Dec. 124

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Derrick HARVEY, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Noah Barefield, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Maurice G. Lyons, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Keleigh L. Biggins, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant, and Derrick Harvey, Menard, appellant pro se in No. 89106.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth McCurry and Annette Collins, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in No. 89106.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Catherine K. Hart and Judith L. Libby, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant in No. 89760.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Anne S. Bagby, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People in No. 89760.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Arden J. Lang, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the state appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant in No. 90278.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Kristen L. Hopkins, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People in No. 90278.


Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

The primary issue in these three consolidated cases concerns the trial courts' use of the mere-fact method of impeachment. The defendants, Derrick Harvey, Noah Barefield, and Maurice G. Lyons, were separately convicted of various crimes. All three defendants appealed, challenging the trial court's use of mere-fact impeachment as violating this court's holdings in People...

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