Legal Opinion
People v. Sullivan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 19, 2006No. 1-03-3130PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant John Sullivan was convicted after a jury trial of the first degree murder of Charlie Hill and sentenced to 22 years in prison. He appeals, claiming he was denied a fair trial because: (1) the trial court allowed inadmissible hearsay statements; (2) the trial court allowed inadmissible gang evidence; (3) the State committed prosecutorial misconduct; and (4) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We affirm.
The victim was shot and killed on the night of April 14, 2001, near a housing complex known as…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- People v. EnochIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
- People v. IllgenIllinois Supreme Court · 1991
- People v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
- People v. HallIllinois Supreme Court · 2000
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3Cited by29 opinions
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