People v. Eliason

Defendant was convicted of murder following a jury trial in the circuit court of Kane County in violation of section 9 — 1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(1)). He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. On appeal he contends that: (1) the State did not sustain its burden of disproving self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial where the State failed to disclose a statement of defendant’s; (3) the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s motion…