People v. Asey

Edward Asey, Donna Baker and Michael Parille were jointly indicted for armed robbery. Asey and Baker were tried at the same time but Asey was tried by a jury while Baker was tried by the court. Asey was found guilty and was sentenced to a term of 7 to 15 years in the penitentiary. This appeal is by him alone.

He contends: (1) improper evidence was admitted, (2) he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, (3) the State’s Attorney made improper comments before the jury, (4) the State’s Attorney made an improper argument to the jury, (5) his counsel was incompetent, (6) he was prejudiced…