People v. Modrowski

Defendant, Paul Modrowski, and codefendant, Robert Faraci, were charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of Dean Fawcett. Following simultaneous dual jury trials, codefendant was acquitted while defendant was convicted. On appeal, defendant argues that reversible error occurred where: (1) the trial court refused to give curative jury instructions following the prosecution’s misstatement of accountability law; (2) the State introduced improper prior inconsistent statements as substantive evidence and for impeachment purposes; (3) the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing…