People v. Tatum

Following a jury trial, defendant Dabney Tatum was found guilty of residential burglary and was sentenced as a Class X offender to a term of 28 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant raises the following contentions of error. Defendant contends that: (1) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) he was denied a fair trial because of the trial court’s actions and comments toward him; (3) he was not mentally competent to represent himself pro se at trial; (4) he was prejudiced by the State’s rebuttal closing argument; (5) the jury instructions were improper; and (6) his…