Legal Opinion

People v. Brown

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 23, 1999No. 1-97-1405PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McNULTY

After a jury trial, defendant Dante Brown was found guilty of first degree murder and attempted murder and sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 50 years for murder and 10 years for attempted murder. Defendant claims on appeal that: (1) the statements of certain witnesses were improperly admitted under section 115—10.2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/115—10.2 (West 1996)); (2) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (3) the trial court erred in denying his motion in limine to bar evidence of prior bad acts and defendant’s gang…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  4. People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  5. United States v. Thomas E. Silverstein, Adolph Reynosa, Clayton A. Fountain, and Edgar HevleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by34 opinions

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  4. People v. BuenoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2005
  5. People v. DawsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010

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