People v. Ellis

JUSTICE R1ZZI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Reginald Ellis and Trellis Bailey, were found guilty of murder in a joint bench trial. Each defendant was sentenced to serve 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. On appeal, Ellis argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash arrest and suppress statements and in excluding evidence of the victim’s prior arrest and convictions. Bailey argues that (1) the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the victim’s prior arrest and convictions; (2) the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that his…