People v. Howell

A jury found the defendant, Christopher Howell, guilty of (1) home invasion (720 ILCS 5/12 — 11(a)(2) (West 2000)) and (2) witness harassment (720 ILCS 5/32 — 4a(a)(2) (West 2000)). He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 15 and 30 years for these offenses, respectively, to be served consecutively with his sentence in another case.

During the pendency of this appeal, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 158 L. Ed. 2d 177, 124 S. Ct. 1354 (2004), which concerns one of the issues in this case. Consequently, we ordered the parties to…