People v. Dorsey

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

James Dorsey and James Wallace were convicted by a jury of the crime of attempt to commit robbery (111 Rev Stats 1961, c 38, § 8-4) and were sentenced by the trial court to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of from twelve to fourteen years. The theory of the defendant Dorsey on appeal is that the trial court erred in refusing to admit certain hospital records in evidence, and that such prejudicial error demands a reversal of his conviction.

On November 14, 1962, a Task Force Undercover Unit of the Chicago Police…