People v. Alarshi

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, Ahmed Ben Alarshi (defendant) was found guilty on two counts of aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 12 — 4), and sentenced to 1 to 3 years. On appeal he contends only that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury regarding prior inconsistent statements and that this error . was compounded when the court prohibited the defense counsel from commenting upon these inconsistencies in closing argument.

The victim, Freddi Demellow, was shot in a tavern, in Chicago, shortly after midnight on…