People v. Coleman 

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Hearsay
Conspiracy
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 4-09-0318
Decision Date: 
Thursday, April 29, 2010
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
Macon Co.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded.
Justice: 
MYERSCOUGH
Circumstantial facts, taken together and considered independent of co-conspirator's hearsay statement, were sufficient evidence of a conspiracy between Defendant and another person to sell drugs; thus, co-conspirator's hearsay statement was admissible under co-conspirator exception to hearsay rule. The fact that co-conspirator's statement was made to a confidential informant is irrelevant and does not eliminate the conspiracy.