People v. Christiansen

PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was found guilty of burglary by a jury’s verdict. A motion for a new trial was denied, judgment on the verdict was entered and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three to six years.

On appeal the defendant contends that the trial court erred by refusing one of defendant’s instructions; that certain fingerprint evidence, admitted over objection, was in error and that the State erred both in the manner of presenting its evidence and by improper closing argument.

At 5:30 a. m. on May 20, 1968, an…