People v. Hinton

In this case, defendant Alfred Hinton appeals from his conviction, after a bench trial, of deviate sexual assault (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 11 — 3), and raises the following issues: (1) whether he was denied a fair trial because the State did not disclose, in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 412 (87 Ill. 2d R. 412), an inculpatory statement he had made to police; (2) whether the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of another crime; (3) whether the trial court impermissibly limited defendant’s cross-examination of the victim; (4) whether the trial court erred in allowing a…