People v. Drum

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 1997, the State charged defendant, Charles C. Drum, with first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9—1(a)(1) (West 1996)). In September 1998, the trial court denied the State’s pretrial motion to admit certain hearsay statements at defendant’s trial, pursuant to section 115—10.2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/115—10.2 (West 1998)), and the State brought an interlocutory appeal from that order (145 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)).

In October 1999, this court dismissed the State’s appeal on the ground that we…