People v. Johnson

After a jury trial, defendant Michael Ray Johnson was found guilty of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 19—1(a)) and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. He appeals, contending (1) the circuit court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on theft as an included offense of burglary, (2) the’ circuit court improperly permitted the prosecutor to cross-examine him as to his prior convictions, and (3) the circuit court should have granted him a new trial because one of the jurors was not a resident of the county where the burglary with which he was charged was committed.

Because…