People v. Sargent

After a jury trial, defendant, D’Arthagan Sargent, was found guilty of murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a).) He was sentenced to 80 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

On appeal, defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether a voluntary manslaughter instruction erroneously stated the burden of proof; (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in allowing into evidence slides of the deceased as she appeared at the morgue; (3) whether a felony review memorandum and the testimony of an assistant State’s Attorney concerning this memorandum were properly…