Judgment affirmed.
PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:
After trial by jury defendant, Joe Charleston, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9-1) and sentenced to a term of 28 years' imprisonment. He appeals, contending the trial court erred by: (1) excluding evidence of decedent's propensity for violence; (2) precluding defendant from impeaching a witness; (3) permitting the State to cross-examine an expert witness...
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