People v. Hallbeck

The defendant, Jason Hallbeck, was convicted of two charges of criminal damage to property (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 21— 1(a)) and sentenced to consecutive terms of 200 and 100 days’ imprisonment in the Kane County jail on the respective convictions. The first count against him charged that the defendant tipped over some headstones in a cemetery in Hampshire on May 3, 1989. The second count charged that he damaged a toilet of the Hampshire Park District.

The defendant raises two arguments on appeal: first, whether the trial court erred reversibly in admitting a prior inconsistent…