People v. Crisp

Defendant, Christopher Crisp, was convicted in a jury trial of attempted first degree murder, armed violence, and aggravated battery. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 28 years for attempted first degree murder, 28 years for armed violence and five years for aggravated battery, to be merged into the Class X sentence.

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State to elicit testimony from the complainant that he had previously seen defendant with a gun and by prohibiting defendant from cross-examining the complainant (1) as to his use of narcotics and (2)…