People v. White

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of unlawful use of weapons. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1(a) (4).

Defendant raises three contentions on appeal: (1) that references to unrelated charges of aimed robbery and burglary, appearing in the testimony of the arresting officer and in the State’s opening statement, were prejudicial; (2) that the trial court erred in allowing the State to reopen its case at the conclusion of defense counsel’s closing argument; and (3) that the State’s closing and rebuttal arguments were improper and prejudicial.

The record shows that Sergeant Frank…