People v. Santiago 

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of first degree murder. Court properly admitted two prior statement inconsistent with the Defendant's accomplices' trial testimony. State's references to the accomplices' guilty pleas did not state or suggest to jury that the pleas were evidence of the Defendant's guilt. The pleas added little to the substantial evidence against Defendant, and the references were made in course of direct examination, after each denied his prior identification of the Defendant as the shooter. (McBRIDE, concurring; R.E. GORDON, specially concurring.)