People Ex Rel. Hatch v. Elrod

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves two consolidated appeals. In the first appeal, the defendant, Jesse Hatch, challenges the trial court’s dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus. In the second one, he appeals from a conviction for murder and armed robbery and a sentence of natural life imprisonment, alleging that: (1) he was not found guilty of armed robbery beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) he was not found guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt; (3) the trial court erroneously allowed statements made by the decedent into evidence as dying…