PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 76-1608.

68 Ill. App.3d 836 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 642

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ERNEST JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed February 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Steven Clark, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger and Joan S. Cherry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County the defendant, Ernest Johnson, was found guilty of armed robbery. He was sentenced to a term of four to 12 years. On appeal the defendant argues reversible error occurred when reference was made both in testimony and in closing arguments to an identification of the...

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