People v. Wallace

After defendant was convicted by a jury of murder, armed robbery, and home invasion, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion to suppress his written statement; (2) failing to excise from his written statement a reference to his alleged sale of narcotics; (3) denying his motion for a mistrial after a State’s witness testified to his presence in jail; and (4) permitting his impeachment on a collateral issue involving his bond forfeiture in an unrelated case.

There is no contention that guilt was not established beyond a…