People v. Green

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder and concealment of a homicidal death and sentenced to concurrent terms of 65 and 10 years. On appeal, he contends that (1) his sixth amendment right to cross-examine and impeach the State’s key witness was erroneously limited; (2) restriction of his attempts to rehabilitate his sole witness constituted reversible error; (3) he was denied a fair trial as a result of the prosecutor’s inflammatory comments in closing argument; and (4) the imposition of extended terms was improper.

At trial, Officer Barker testified that on October 21, 1981,…