People v. White

The defendant, Thomas White, was charged with two counts of armed robbery and one count of attempted murder. After his first trial resulted in a mistrial because the jury could not agree, he was convicted on a second jury trial of all three charges and sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 to 20 years in the penitentiary.

On appeal defendant contends: (1) that improper cross-examination and argument by the prosecutor denied him a fair trial; (2) that the court erred in admitting into evidence defendant’s inculpatory statements made during police interrogation after he had requested counsel; and…