People v. Wilson

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

After being convicted by a jury, defendant Bruce Wilson was sentenced to concurrent terms of 75 years for murder and 15 years’ imprisonment for attempted armed robbery. The defendant appeals from the convictions, contending that (1) the trial court erred in allowing a police detective’s hearsay testimony as to his investigatory actions and (2) the trial court improperly admitted a “mug shot” of defendant into evidence.

At trial, Danny Martinez testified that on the evening of November 12, 1983, he gave his neighbor, Adolpho Salgado,…