People v. Johnson

After a jury trial, defendant, Daniel W. Johnson, was found guilty of first degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1). Defendant was sentenced to a term of 80 years’ incarceration in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The following issues are before this court for review: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying defendant’s challenges of four jurors for cause; (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to charge the jury with defendant’s proposed jury instructions; (3) whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying…