PEOPLE v. SUTTON

No. 1-98-0643.

739 N.E.2d 543 (2000)

316 Ill.App.3d 874

250 Ill.Dec. 780

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terrance SUTTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (Tim Leeming, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Eileen O'Neill and JoAnne M. Rogers, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found Terrance Sutton guilty of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1996)) for the stabbing death of Tiffany Hankins. Defendant alleges: (1) the trial court erroneously allowed the State to cross-examine defendant with statements defendant made to a nontestifying psychiatrist during a fitness and sanity examination; (2) the State improperly impeached defendant with evidence of a prior act of domestic...

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