People v. Miller

Robert Miller, the defendant, was convicted of the offenses of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)) and theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(a)) in a jury trial and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for concurrent terms of five years for burglary and two years for theft.

Three issues are presented for review:(1) whether the defendant was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt;(2) whether the defendant was prejudiced by evidence of other offenses and(3) whether the prosecutor’s closing argument constituted prejudicial reversible error.

The record…