People v. Hawkins

The People of the State of Illinois appeal from an order of the circuit court of Madison County, entered November 18, 1991, imposing a sanction pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 415(g)(i) (134 Ill. 2d R. 415(g)(i)), for the State’s failure to comply earlier with discovery. The sanction ordered the exclusion of certain evidence, including the confession of defendant, Nathaniel Hawkins.

On April 26, 1991, defendant, along with two codefendants, was charged with the offense of robbery in that, on April 17, 1991, he took two pizzas from Eobert Lytle by the use of force. Defendant was arrested on…