People v. Collins

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Hearsay
Citation
Case Number: 
2020 IL App (1st) 181746
Decision Date: 
Monday, December 21, 2020
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 1st Div.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded.
Justice: 
HYMAN

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and of being an armed habitual criminal. Defendant was arrested after a foot chase partially caught on body camera video. Court erred in admitting video, as audio included inadmissible hearsay statements officer made on his radio, telling other officer where the gun was, what it looked like, where Defendant dropped it, where after putting Defendant in custody. (WALKER and COGHLAN, concurring.)