People v. Thomas

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County finding defendant guilty of armed robbery.

On appeal in this court defendant raises three issues: (1) that the trial court erred by refusing to discharge the defendant who had been incarcerated for over 120 days without coming to trial; (2) that the trial court erred in permitting the jury, over objection, to hear identification testimony which was inadmissible hearsay; and (3) that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to argue before the juiy, over objection, that he could have called more witnesses who…