People v. White

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Thomas White, was convicted of armed robbery following a jury trial and sentenced to a term of not less than four years nor more than four years and one day. He appeals, contending that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and, alternatively, that he did not receive a fair trial because of prejudicial remarks of the prosecutor.

The defendant was charged together with two other persons with the robbery at gun point of two desk clerks of the Holiday Inn in Itasca on December 30, 1974; the other two…