People v. Stufflebean

Mr.:.JUSTICE EBERSPACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Thomas Edward Stufflebean, from a judgment of conviction entered, on a jury verdict of guilty, by the circuit corut of Madison County for the offense of robbery and the imposition of a sentence of not less than 2 years nor more than 6 years in the penitentiary.

In the instant appeal the defendant does not contend that he .was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, rather he contends that it “cannot be said beyond a reasonable doubt that the jury’s knowledge of the defendant’s prior conviction…