People v. Drake

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1) and forgery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 17 — 3). Subsequently, the trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of 12 years’ imprisonment for the burglary conviction and five years’ imprisonment for the forgery conviction. Defendant argues the trial court erred in convicting him of both burglary and forgery, refusing to allow him to present evidence of pending traffic offenses, and in giving an instruction over his objection.

We affirm.

Kirk Redding, owner of a service station, testified…