People v. DuPree

The defendant was convicted of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2) after a jury trial and sentenced to 4-8 years imprisonment. He contends that he was denied a fair trial because of proof by the State, over his objection, that he had been identified in a previous armed robbery at the same location; and because a police officer referred, in the course of describing his investigation, to a third incident, a “theft from a house.” He also argues that the State did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a weapon was used.

The charged offense occurred on July 31, 1977, at the…