People v. Ray

Defendant, James Ray, was charged with armed robbery. After a jury ■trial in the circuit court of Cook County, he was found guilty of that crime. He was sentenced to four to six years. Defendant contends on appeal that the trial court committed reversible error in ruling that if defendant were to testify he could be impeached by evidence of prior misdemeanor convictions; and that the court erred in denying defendant’s motion to amend his answer to the State’s discovery motion. Since the sufficiency of the evidence is not at issue, only a brief statement of facts is necessary.

On September 26,…