People v. Manley

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Frank Manley was convicted by a jury of murder and was sentenced to a term of 20 years. Defendant contends on appeal that: (1) his right to a fair trial was violated where the State impeached him with prior inconsistent statements made to an assistant State’s Attorney and suggested to the jury that he had made another impeaching statement and he was not permitted to show that this other statement was consistent with his trial testimony; (2) the trial court committed reversible error when it instructed the jury on…