People v. Katsigiannis

Defendant appeals from convictions of keeping a gambling place (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 28 — 3) and three counts of gambling (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, pars. 28 — l(aX5), (aX6)). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of one-year probation on each of the convictions, fined $1,000 on his conviction of keeping a gambling place, and $500 on each of his convictions of gambling. On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and further contends that the trial court erred by (1) allowing hearsay evidence under the coconspirator’s exception of the hearsay rule;…