People v. Huddleston

PRESIDING JUSTICE WHITE

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Odell Huddleston, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a prison term of six years. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court improperly excluded evidence of the aggressive character of decedent, Dale Mangum; (2) the trial court erred in allowing the State’s Attorney to “argue in closing argument that the defense failed to establish proof of matters which had been referred to during the defendant’s opening” statement; and (3) the trial court improperly excluded the…