People v. Hernandez

Defendant was convicted of murder and two counts of attempted murder. He was sentenced to a 40-year term for the murder conviction to run consecutive to two 30-year terms for the attempted murder convictions. In a prior, separate proceeding, codefendant Antonio Silva pled guilty to murder and two counts of attempted murder. After being convicted, defendant appealed. Based on Batson error, we remanded to the circuit court for a Batson hearing and consideration of the other issues defendant had raised on appeal. People v. Hernandez, 220 Ill. App. 3d 715 (1990). On remand, the circuit court…