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PEOPLE v. MELTON

No. 4-91-0819.

596 N.E.2d 1246 (1992)

232 Ill. App.3d 858

173 Ill.Dec. 367

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark C. MELTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Jeffrey D. Foust, Asst. Defender, for defendant-appellant.

John Turner, State's Atty., Lincoln, and Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Elliott Turpin, Staff Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Presiding Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 24, 1991, following a jury trial in the circuit court of Logan County, defendant Mark C. Melton was convicted of residential burglary (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 19-3(a)). He was subsequently sentenced to a term of 10 years' imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant maintains (1) the prosecutor committed reversible error by telling the jury it was defendant's duty to call nonalibi witnesses...

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