PEOPLE v. ALLISON

No. 1-89-1347.

602 N.E.2d 1288 (1992)

236 Ill. App.3d 175

177 Ill.Dec. 116

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John ALLISON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (James S. Jacobs, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant John Allison appeals from his conviction by a jury of first degree murder and armed violence, charging that the trial court, (1) erroneously prohibited him from cross-examining the State's only eyewitness as to who did the shooting, regarding her refusal to be interviewed by the defense, (2) impermissibly qualified an expert in gunshot residue analysis, and (3) improperly admitted irrelevant and prejudicial...

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