People v. Price

Opinion by

Judge LICHTENSTEIN.

Defendant, Richard Allen Price, appeals his conviction following a jury trial. Price contends that the trial court erred by denying his motion for mistrial which was prompted by his mid-trial suicide attempt, that there was a fatal variance between the charging documents, and the verdiet forms and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We do not address the ineffective assistance of counsel claim and affirm the judgment.

I. Background

In February 2006, the People charged Price with one count of sexual assault on a child, four counts of sexual assault on…