People v. Taglia

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Daniel Taglia was charged with murder and armed violence. A jury found him guilty of both crimes, and the court sentenced him to 25 years. On appeal defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence; that prejudicial error resulted from the State’s use of a prior inconsistent statement as substantive evidence of guilt absent a proper limiting instruction; and that prosecutorial misconduct so permeated the whole trial that it deprived him of a fair trial.

Three eyewitnesses testified…