PEOPLE v. JENKINS

No. 4-12-0628.

986 N.E.2d 227 (2013)

2013 IL App (4th) 120628

369 Ill. Dec. 278

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dearion J. JENKINS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Rietz , State's Attorney, of Urbana ( Patrick Delfino , Robert J. Biderman , and David E. Mannchen , all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , Karen Munoz , and Colleen Morgan , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice APPLETON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Defendant, Dearion J. Jenkins, was to be tried by a jury for allegedly murdering Cedric Mallett (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 2010)). Immediately before jury selection was to begin, the trial court heard a motion in limine by defendant to exclude, as hearsay, three statements that Mallett had made to police officers after he was shot. The court denied the motion in...

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