People v. Banks

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with and, following a bench trial, found guilty of murder. He was sentenced to 25 to 40 years imprisonment. Defendant appeals, raising as issues whether: the trial court properly admitted the testimony of an occurrence witness whose current address or telephone number had not been provided to defendant; the court erred in examining matters outside the record; and defendant was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. For the following reasons we affirm.

Before trial, defendant moved to require the State to either…