Appellate Court of Illinois

In a conviction for first-degree murder, denial of defendant's posttrial motion for a new trial is affirmed over claims that the trial court erred by: 1) denying defendant's requests for an involuntary manslaughter instruction and for a second degree murder instruction; 2) denying defendant's Batson motion; 3) refusing to permit defendant's sister to testify at trial; and 4) sustaining certain objections made by the State with no articulated basis for those objections.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/26/2007
• Published 11/28/2007

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• Appellate Court of Illinois

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