An Illinois homicide suspect's attempt to stand in for his brother during a drug hearing backfired when someone in the courtroom recognized him.

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Donyall Garrett is now behind bars, charged with the first-degree murder of a pregnant woman last November, the Daily Southtown reported. Garrett was arrested outside the courthouse in Markham, a suburb south of Chicago, where his brother, Robert, faces a felony drug charge.

"He was showing up for his brother," Markham Deputy Police Chief Jim Knapp said. "He's done this before."

Shantiel Clark was killed in November by a bullet fired into the car in which she was a passenger. Investigators believe that Donyall Garrett and a third brother, Tony, mistook that car for another one.

Tony Garrett was arrested in December and is being held without bail.