People v. Taylor

Following a jury trial, defendant, Ray Taylor, was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) a 22-month pre-indictment delay denied defendant due process of law; (2) the trial court abused its discretion by excluding the testim'ony of a defense witness as a sanction for violation of the discovery rules; (3) a prior consistent statement of the victim was improperly admitted into evidence; (4) the prosecutor improperly impeached two of defendant’s witnesses; (5) defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel; and (6)…