People v. Tennin

Defendant, Kevin Tennin, appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, for the offense of attempt (burglary) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 8 — 4(a)). He was sentenced to a five-year term of imprisonment.

Defendant raises the following issues on appeal: (1) whether he was denied a fair trial because of the introduction into evidence of a plea-related discussion, and (2) whether the trial court erred in permitting defendant’s impeachment with a prior burglary conviction.

Defendant and another person were found on the second-floor landing of an outside staircase at the rear of Rosales’…