PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-87-3330.

199 Ill. App.3d 577 (1990)

557 N.E.2d 446

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed May 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, David Butzen, and Joseph Brent, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

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...

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