People v. Johnson

Defendant, Emmett Johnson, appeals from a jury verdict finding him-guilty of robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 18—1(a)). He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. We address the following two issues: (1) whether the admission of hearsay identification testimony amounted to plain error when the trial judge struck testimony and instructed the jury to disregard it; and (2) whether the failure to include a mental state as an element of robbery in jury instructions amounted to plain error. For the following reasons, we affirm.

The complaining witness, David Riffe, testified that on…