People v. Bush

Summary

The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's judgment sustaining defendant's felony-murder and weapon-possession convictions. It held that the State proved defendant participated in mob action, that mob action was a proper predicate felony because its gravamen does not contemplate deadly physical violence, and that the erroneous exclusion of a witness's rap-video statements was harmless because the evidence was cumulative. The court also held that defendant failed to establish clear or obvious error or ineffective assistance based on the retention of a juror related by marriage to the victims' mother.