People v. Hawkins

PRESIDING JUSTICE GORDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of first degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress must be reversed because the court improperly believed the testimony of one witness simply because he was a lawyer and an assistant State’s Attorney; (2) the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion in limine to bar use of his prior convictions for impeachment; (3) the…