People v. Oehrke

PRESIDING JUSTICE WOLFSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Frieda Oehrke, the defendant’s 91-year-old mother, was brought to the emergency room at Resurrection Hospital, where she told a doctor and a nurse she did not know why her son kept hitting her. The issue in this case is whether Frieda’s statements in the emergency room were admissible at the defendant’s trial. Because we find the statements were inadmissible hearsay, we reverse the defendant’s aggravated battery conviction and remand this cause for a new trial.

FACTS

On June 24, 2000, Frieda was taken by paramedics to the emergency…