People v. Charleston

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury defendant, Joe Charleston, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and sentenced to a term of 28 years’ imprisonment. He appeals, contending the trial court erred by: (1) excluding evidence of decedent’s propensity for violence; (2) precluding defendant from impeaching a witness; (3) permitting the State to cross-examine an expert witness regarding a testing error he made in another case; and (4) that defendant was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Shortly after 7 p.m. on November…