People v. Flowers

A jury convicted the defendant, Arthur J. Flowers, of burglary. 720 ILCS 5/19 — 1(a) (West 1996). He was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. In this appeal, the defendant raises three issues. First, he argues that the trial judge violated the statute governing replacement of an impaneled juror (725 ILCS 5/115 — 4(g) (West 1996)). Second, he argues that the trial judge violated the rule established in People v. Montgomery, 47 Ill. 2d 510, 268 N.E.2d 695 (1971), by: (1) allowing the State to impeach his credibility with evidence that he had a prior misdemeanor theft conviction; and (2)…