I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT DENIED HERBERT BURGESS HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRESENT A COMPLETE DEFENSE. TRIAL IN VIOLATION OF ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT RULE 295, NOTE 9.

II. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT'S REPEATED DISPLAYS OF BIAS, HOSTILITY, ANIMOSITY, ILL WILL TOWARD HERBERT BURGESS VIOLATED THE STANDARD FOR PREJUDICE AND BIAS.

I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT'S ABSENCE FROM THE COURTROOM WHILE THE JURY WAS STILL IMPANELED AND THE COURT WAS IN SESSION, WAS A STRUCTURAL ERROR THAT CANNOT BE HARMLESS.

I. WHETHER HERBERT BURGESS WAS DENIED A FAIR TRIAL DUE TO A PERVASIVE PATTERN OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT.

REHABILITATE THE CREDIBILITY OF TWO CRUCIAL WITNESSES WITH PRIOR CONSISTENT STATEMENTS WHEN THERE WAS NO CHARGE OF RECENT FABRICATION.

WHERE THE COURT CONSIDERED AN AGGRAVATING FACTOR THAT WAS DIRECTLY CONTRADICTED BY THE EVIDENCE.

Whether the trial court's repeated displays of bias, hostility, and animosity toward Herbert Burgess violated the standard for prejudice and bias