People v. King

After a'jury trial, defendant, Jimmie King, was found guilty of first degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(1)) for the death of Andrew Vaitkus and sentenced to 60 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant asserts that the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion in limine to preclude the State from offering evidence of other crimes; (2) overruling defense objections to prejudicial evidence of a missing watch introduced by the State in violation of Supreme Court Rule 412 (134 Ill. 2d R. 412); (3) ordering the jury to disregard a material witness’ direct response to a…