People v. Riley

Following a jury trial defendant, L. C. Riley, was found guilty of the offense of armed robbery, for which he was sentenced to a term of 8 to 12 years. On appeal defendant contends that: (1) he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) he was denied a fair trial by the admission of certain hearsay testimony into evidence; (3) the trial court erred in not giving a limiting instruction to the jury, sua sponte, concerning the State’s use of out-of-court statements to impeach a defense witness; (4) the State improperly elicited the names of potential defense witnesses on…