People v. Gross

PRESIDING JUSTICE INGLIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents an issue of first impression to this district: the use of videotape evidence during closing argument. Defendant, Christopher Gross, appeals his conviction and sentence in the circuit court of Lee County for involuntary manslaughter (720 ILCS 5/9 — 3 (West 1992)). A jury convicted defendant in connection with the July 8, 1992, death of the infant son of defendant’s girlfriend, Kelly Botts. The trial court sentenced defendant to an extended term of seven years’ imprisonment. On appeal defendant contends that the trial…