People v. McShan

A jury found defendant Joseph T. McShan guilty of the armed robbery of Dr. Alfred Rosenbloom, and a sentence to serve 10 to 25 years was imposed. Counsel for defendant presents four arguments for review upon which reversal of the conviction is urged: (1) improper statements by the prosecutor in both his opening statement and his closing argument deprived defendant of a fair trial, (2) the introduction of evidence of other offenses committed by defendant was unduly prejudicial, (3) physical evidence was introduced without being sufficiently connected to both the defendant and the charged…