People v. Lopez

Following a jury trial, defendant Miguel Lopez was found guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(1)) and sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections and 3 years of mandatory supervised release. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) he was denied a fair trial as a result of multiple instances of improper prejudicial hearsay testimony and innuendo that a large crowd of people identified him as “the shooter” of the victim; (2) he was denied a fair trial as a result of multiple instances of prejudicially improper closing argument,…