PEOPLE v. WATKINS

No. 1-90-1790.

597 N.E.2d 897 (1992)

232 Ill. App.3d 719

173 Ill.Dec. 923

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald WATKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

July 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Maria A. Harrigan, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Maureen Harton, Daniel P. Nikolic, Jr., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice LaPORTA* delivered the opinion of the court:

Ronald Watkins was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 55 years in prison. He appealed contending: (1) he was denied his right to a fair trial when the State introduced evidence of defendant's subsequent arrest for murder in direct violation of an order in limine barring such testimony; (2) the prosecutor's introduction of defendant's aliases deprived defendant of a fair...

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