People v. Anderson

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted in a jury trial of attempted murder, armed robbery, and aggravated battery and sentenced concurrently to 25 years for attempted murder and armed robbery and to 5 years for aggravated battery. On appeal, he contends that (1) he was not proved guilty of attempted murder beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the trial court erred (a) by improperly instructing the jury on attempted murder and (b) by admitting evidence of other crimes; (3) evidence of another robbery allegedly committed by defendant was precluded from…