People v. Quezada

Defendant was found guilty of attempted murder of a police officer, aggravated discharge of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm by a street gang member, and possession of a defaced firearm. The appellate court reversed defendant’s conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a street gang member based on insufficient evidence and reversed his remaining convictions based on the cumulative effect of unpreserved trial errors. The supreme court affirmed the part of the appellate court’s judgment that reversed the conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a street gang member, but reversed the part of the judgment that reversed the remaining convictions by finding that defendant’s allegations of error were not sufficient under plain error review. (NEVILLE, OVERSTREET, ROCHFORD, and O’BRIEN, concurring and HOLDER WHITE and THEIS, specially concurring)