People v. Lash

Following a jury trial, defendant Anthony Lash was convicted of the July 1989 shooting murder of James Towns (111. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and sentenced to 34 years’ imprisonment. Defendant raises the following errors on appeal: (1) the circuit court erroneously denied his pretrial motion to suppress; (2) the court improperly allowed the State to inform the jury on multiple occasions that defendant had been arrested previously on another matter; (3) the court improperly admitted certain testimony demonstrating how the police were led to defendant as the assailant; (4) the court…