People v. Harris

Defendant, Henry Lee Harris, appeals, contending the trial court erred in limiting his right to show the bias or credibility of the State’s complaining witness by cross-examining the witness on his alleged gang membership and by presenting evidence of a pending charge against the witness’ cousin which also involved the use of a firearm on the same date as the offense charged against defendant. We affirm.

Defendant was charged by indictment with attempted first-degree murder (count I) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, pars. 8 — 4(a), 9 — 1(a)(1) (now 720 ILCS 5/8 — 4(a), 9 — 1(a)(1) (West 1992)))…