People v. Moman

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Anthony Moman (defendant), John Crockett, and Delecta Upshaw were charged with armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2). Prior to trial, the trial court severed Upshaw’s case from Crockett’s and defendant’s, and defendant and Crockett were subsequently tried by a single jury. Defendant appeals his conviction and 12-year-imprisonment sentence, contending that (1) he was denied a fair trial by the introduction of a codefendant’s out-of-court confession and testimony relating to a confession given by another…