People v. Brown

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant raises three issues: (1) the trial court’s refusal to allow defendant to present evidence of his exculpatory first oral statement after a State witness testified to his incriminating second oral statement; (2) the sufficiency of the evidence to prove defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; and (3) the propriety of his 30-year sentence.

For the reasons which follow, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence.

Initially we note that this case comes to us after a second…