People v. Smith

PRESIDING JUSTICE SLATER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Raymond Smith was convicted of two counts of armed robbery and was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment under the Habitual Criminal Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 33B — 1.) On appeal, defendant contends: (1) that he was denied a fair trial because his cross-examination of a witness was improperly limited and because the trial court erred in permitting the State to present hearsay evidence; (2) that he was denied a fair trial by acts of prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument; and (3) that the Habitual…