People v. Martin

Defendant, Troy V. Martin, was charged by way of an information with murder, attempt murder and aggravated battery. After a jury trial, he was convicted of murder and aggravated battery, but was acquitted of attempt murder. The trial court imposed concurrent sentences of 25 to 50 years for murder and 3 to 10 years for aggravated battery. A previous trial of this cause had ended in a mistrial because of a hung jury.

Defendant appeals, contending that (1) the trial court abused its discretion when it granted the jury’s request, after deliberations had begun, for the transcript of the testimony…