2013 Articles
Case notes
By Hon. John A. Wasilewski, Hon. Richard D. Russo, Jessica Koester, Hon. Thomas A. Else, Ava George Stewart, & Mark Kevin Wykoff
June 2013
Recent cases of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Editor’s note
By Hon. Gregory Paul Vazquez
December 2013
An introduction to the issue from the editor, Judge Greg Vazquez.
Editor’s note
By Hon. Gregory Paul Vazquez
November 2013
An introduction to the issue from Judge Greg Vazquez.
Editor’s note
By Hon. Gregory Paul Vazquez
January 2013
An introduction to the issue from the editor, Judge Gregory Paul Vazquez.
Governmental involvement necessary for statement to be considered testimonial hearsay
By Mark Kevin Wykoff, Sr.
April 2013
The Illinois Appellate Court, in People v. Richter, held that governmental involvement is required for a statement to be considered testimonial hearsay. Given that defendant’s statements were not made to government officials, and that there was no governmental involvement in the creation of the statements, the statements did not constitute testimonial hearsay. Thus, the hearsay evidence was admissible at his trial.