People v. Diaz

Defendant was charged with armed robbery. A jury found him guilty of that crime and he was sentenced to 5 to 15 years. On appeal, defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial by the introduction of evidence concerning a subsequent, unrelated offense in which defendant was a participant; that the State improperly cross-examined a defense witness and that the trial court compounded the error by refusing to allow defendant to rehabilitate the witness; that the court erred in various rulings during a hearing on the motion to suppress identification testimony; and that the court improperly…