People v. Maldonado

Maximino Maldonado was convicted, following a jury trial, of the offense of involuntary manslaughter (Ill. Rev00. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 9 — 3(a)). Judgment was entered on the verdict and he was sentenced to a term of not less than seven nor more than ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. On appeal defendant contends:

1) that he was denied a fair trial when the prosecutor introduced into evidence his pre-trial statement without excising from it admissions of prior arrests for traffic offenses, a prior conviction for driving while intoxicated, and a subsequent arrest for driving while…