People v. Mitchell

A jury returned a verdict of guilty upon a charge of armed robbery, and defendant appeals the judgment of conviction.

It is urged that the trial court erred in failing to require the State’s Attorney to produce statements allegedly taken by police officers from certain witnesses and in permitting a sheriff’s investigator to testify to misleading matter.

The first issue is reviewed in the light of the rule in People v. Durso, 40 Ill2d 242, 239 NE2d 842, and People v. Golson, 37 Ill2d 419, 226 NE2d 610, which holds that statements written down in the words of the witness, or substantially in…