People v. Craig

JUSTICE QUINN,

specially concurring:

I concur in all of the holdings in the opinion except for the holding that Craig had standing to raise the issue of the alleged violation of Taylor’s and Bishop’s fifth amendment rights. This court has recently reaffirmed that “[t]he law is clear that a defendant has no standing to raise an alleged violation of a witness’ fifth amendment rights. People v. Govea, 299 Ill. App. 3d 76, 84, 701 N.E.2d 76 (1998); People v. Adams, 283 Ill. App. 3d 520, 524, 669 N.E.2d 1331 (1996). This is because the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination is a…