Where a court may conclude from circumstantial evidence that a defendant was a conspirator in violation of the law, the court may admit statements made by defendant’s co-conspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy as an exception to the hearsay rule.The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed the decision of Cook County Associate Judge Lawrence E. Flood.Jimmy Pililmis, arrested for mortgage fraud in March 2010, agreed to work as an informant in further fraud investigations in exchange for leniency. Assistant Special …