People v. McGee

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Sharone McGee appeals from his conviction by a jury for the voluntary manslaughter of James Mathis and from his resulting sentence of 12 years in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. He claims that his conviction was insufficiently supported by the evidence. He further alleges that he did not receive a fair trial, in that: (1) the prosecutor made prejudicial remarks during argument; (2) evidence of his prior bad acts was improperly admitted; (3) evidence that Mathis had prior robbery convictions was wrongfully…