People v. London

Defendant, Harold London, appeals his jury conviction of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2 (now 720 ILCS 5/18 — 2 (West 1992))), for which he was sentenced to 10 years in custody of the Department of Corrections. Defendant raises as issues for review whether (1) his conviction should be reversed because the prosecutor asked the jurors to deliberate using their personal knowledge of the crime scene; (2) the prosecutor’s questions at trial and comments during closing argument denied him a fair trial; (3) the victim’s own testimony established that his conviction is based…