People v. Pitchford

The defendant, Shadrach Pitchford, was convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24 — 1.2(a)(2) (West 1992)), attempted first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/8 — 4, 9 — 1 (West 1992)) and first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(2) (West 1992)). On appeal, the defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress statements because the attorney who was retained for him was not present during his interrogation by the police and that the trial court abused its discretion by improperly limiting the impeachment of a key prosecution witness. For the reasons…