People v. White

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURRAY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 19 — 3(a)) and sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that: (1) his constitutional right to confront witnesses against him was violated by the State’s use of prejudicial hearsay testimony; (2) he was denied a fair trial as a result of the State’s improper and inflammatory arguments to the jury; (3) the trial court erred in refusing to give his proposed jury instruction regarding eyewitness identification…