People v. Turk

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the murder of Milton Daniels and the attempt murder and aggravated battery of Angela Lusk. He was sentenced to three concurrent terms of imprisonment of not less than 50 nor more than 100 years. Defendant appeals, contending that: (1) he was denied a fair trial when the jury was improperly instructed as to the intent requirement for the offense of attempt murder; (2) the prosecutor’s closing arguments were prejudicial and deprived him of due process of law; and (3) the trial court abused its discretion in imposing a sentence not considerate…