People v. Bobo

Following a jury trial, defendant Bennie Bobo was convicted of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated criminal sexual abuse and sentenced to consecutive 20- and 5-year terms in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant argues that the trial court deprived him of his right to a fair trial by erroneously: (1) admitting approximately 30 irrelevant photographs of women’s feet as impermissible propensity evidence; (2) allowing the State to renege on an agreement not to introduce defendant’s statements; and (3) allowing the State to use a prior statement made by defendant that was not…