People v. Johnson

Jasper Johnson (defendant) was tried by a jury, found guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and sentenced to a term of 15-45 years.

The issues on appeal are: (1) did the trial court err in allowing an amendment of the record on appeal; (2) did the trial court improperly exclude certain evidence; (3) did the second playing of a tape recording of defendant’s telephone conversation with the police prejudice defendant; (4) did the prosecutor’s closing argument improperly refer to evidence outside the record; (5) did the trial court err in refusing to give a separate…