People v. Travis

Defendant, Lawrence Travis, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 9—1(a)(1)) in a jury trial and was sentenced to serve a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 200 years’ imprisonment. From that judgment and sentence, defendant appeals and we affirm.

The issues presented for review are (1) whether defendant was denied a fair trial because of the prejudice to the jury which resulted when the prosecution twice disregarded the trial judge’s ruling and asserted to a witness that defendant had shown the witness a handgun a few days before the decedent was found shot; (2) whether the…