People v. Young

The defendant, Dexter James Young, was convicted of robbery after a jury trial in Kane County, and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. He appeals, raising two assignments of error: (1) whether the defendant was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; and, (2) whether the defendant was afforded a fair trial (a) because of unresponsive answers given by the State’s principal witness, (b) because police officers’ testimony corroborative of the State’s main witness was improperly admitted, and, (c) because the State’s Attorney attempted to dilute the State’s burden to prove guilt beyond a…