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PEOPLE v. BUCHANAN

No. 16389.

91 Ill. App.3d 13 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 262

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TEEN BUCHANAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Jeffrey D. Foust, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Patrick M. Walsh, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Robert J. Biderman and Denise M. Paul, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant guilty of murdering Carl Ricks; the defendant was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.

As framed by the parties, the only issue on appeal is a narrow one — whether the trial court erred in barring the defendant's testimony that he knew of Ricks' two convictions for crimes indicative of violent character. The question here actually extends beyond...

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