People v. Kyse

PRESIDING JUSTICE LUND

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Amos Kyse, Jr., was found guilty of first-degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9—1(a)) and sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel because counsel failed to raise the affirmative defense of voluntary intoxication; and (2) the trial court abused its discretion in imposing his sentence. We affirm.

At trial, the State admitted into evidence an interview Champaign city police detective George Moreland had with…