Opinion ID: 2218871
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Detail of the Evidence of McCullough's Death

Text: Defendant next argues that even if evidence of McCullough's killing was admissible, the amount of evidence allowed was highly prejudicial. We first note that defendant has waived this issue for review because defense counsel never objected to any of the evidence of McCullough's killing. ( Enoch, 122 Ill.2d at 186,119 Ill.Dec. 265, 522 N.E.2d 1124.) We further conclude that the admission of such evidence was not plain error. Most of the evidence of which defendant now complains was relevant and admissible to show defendant intended to kill McCullough and did not act in self-defense. Such evidence supports the State's theory that defendant killed Hale and Welch as part of his plan to seek revenge on McCullough. The only evidence of which defendant complains that bears mention here is the testimony that he used his sister Sophia as a shield. We do not find the admission of this evidence to rise to the level of plain error.