People v. Clark

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Kankakee County where the defendant Jeffrey Clark after trial by jury was found guilty of the crime of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of not less than four nor more than eight years in the penitentiary.

The defendant raises several issues for review, among which is his contention that the trial court committed reversible error by permitting an introduction into evidence of what in police parlance is referred to as a “mug shot” of the defendant from a previous arrest.

During the course of the trial the prosecution attempted to introduce in…