People v. Jenkins

ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS Appellate Court People v. Jenkins,

2013 IL App (4th) 120628

Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Caption DEARION J. JENKINS, Defendant-Appellee. District & No. Fourth District Docket No. 4-12-0628 Filed March 15, 2013 Held A murder victim’s statement to a police officer in his hospital recovery (Note: This syllabus room following surgery for a gunshot wound was not admissible under constitutes no part of the dying declaration exception to the hearsay rule, or the exception the opinion of the court applicable to a statement made…