PEOPLE v. ROGERS

No. 52639.

81 Ill.2d 571 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 223

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. KEITH DOUGLAS ROGERS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Charles R. Garnati and Robert H. Howerton, State's Attorneys, of Marion (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Jonathan Strauss, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Stephen J. Maassen and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

John H. Reid, Deputy Defender, and Jeff M. Plesko, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue raised by this appeal concerns the admissibility in evidence of a police composite sketch. The Williamson County circuit court permitted a photocopy of an Identi-kit composite of the offender to be admitted as corroboration of the identification testimony given by the prosecuting witness. The defendant was subsequently convicted of armed robbery...

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