People v. Breton

Defendant, Keith Breton, was convicted of solicitation of murder for hire (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 8—1.2) and sentenced to a term of 30 years’ imprisonment following a jury trial in the circuit court of Du Page County.

On appeal, defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether the State failed to prove the “agreement” element of its charge of solicitation of murder for hire; (2) whether the trial court erred in admitting prejudicial evidence of other crimes; (3) whether the trial court erred by allowing the State to impeach a witness on a collateral issue; (4) whether…