People v. Young

Defendant Nathan Young was indicted on two counts of murder and one count of armed violence in connection with the fatal shooting of Theodore Grimes on July 12, 1986. Following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of murder and armed violence and sentenced to imprisonment for concurrent terms of 32 years for murder and 30 years for armed violence.

On this appeal, defendant claims that (1) the trial court erroneously permitted a State’s witness to testify in violation of the court’s order excluding -witnesses from the courtroom during the trial; (2) the State failed to prove beyond a…