People v. Harrell

Defendant was charged by information on September 24, 1981, with four counts of murder. After jury trial, a verdict was returned against the defendant on all four counts on February 5, 1982. On March 31, 1982, defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of natural life on the third count for causing the victim’s death while committing armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9— 1(a)(3).) The judgments on the other three alternate counts were vacated.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred by barring impeachment of the prosecution’s principal witness with a prior juvenile…