People v. Gonzalez

A jury convicted defendant, Juan Gonzalez, of residential burglary (720 ILCS 5/19 — 3(a) (West 1996)). After denying defendant’s posttrial motion, the trial court sentenced defendant to nine years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that we must reverse his conviction because (1) the trial court erred in admitting testimony concerning the sole eyewitness’ prior identification of defendant, and (2) the State did not prove defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. We affirm.

We first address the admissibility of the prior identification. The State called Michelle Marquez as its sole…