People v. Rodriguez

In. 1994 defendant, Hector Rodriguez, was convicted of one count of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1) (West 1994)) and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4.2(a)(1) (West 1994)) and sentenced to concurrent 28-year terms of incarceration. On appeal this court reversed and held, inter alia, that the trial court improperly granted the State’s motion to join his case with a codefendant’s. See People v. Rodriguez, 289 Ill. App. 3d 223, 237 (1997) (Rodriguez I). This court also held that the trial court properly admitted a tape recording that defendant alleged…