| People v. Prevo, No. 4-98-0282 4th Dist. 2/4/99 |
February 4, 1999
NO. 4-98-0282
IN THE APPELLATE COURT
OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH DISTRICT
| THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KARL PREVO, Defendant-Appellant. | Appeal from Circuit Court of Clark County No. 97CF7 Honorable Tracy W. Resch, Judge Presiding. |
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JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant Karl Prevo was convicted on July 9, 1997, of two counts of aggravated battery (720 ILCS 5/12-4 (West 1996)), after a jury trial in the circuit court of Clark County. He was sentenced on October 29, 1997, to 30 months' probation. He raises numerous issues on appeal: (1) violation of his right to a speedy trial, (2) improper limitation of his cross-examination of the State's witnesses, (3) the denial of his motion for a directed verdict, (4) improper exclusion of a defense witness, (5) improper closing argument by the prosecutor, (6) failure to give a jury instruction requested by Prevo, (7) ineffective assistance of counsel, and (8) the sufficiency of the evidence. In his final argument, he asserts that the cumulative effect of these alleged errors was to deny him a fair trial, in violation of his right to due process under the constitutions of the United States and the State of Illinois (U.S. Const., amends. V, XIV; Ill. Const. 1970, art. I,