People v. Bryant

Defendant Larry Bryant was convicted by a jury of home invasion, armed robbery and aggravated battery and acquitted of attempted murder. The circuit court held that the other offenses merged into home invasion, entered judgment on that charge only and sentenced defendant to 16 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal, defendant alleges that (1) the jury’s verdict was the result of prejudicial error arising from the admission of the complaining witness’s testimony which revealed defendant’s past criminal record; (2) “staged” photographs of the crime scene taken several days after the alleged home…