In this attempted escape case where the People were required to prove that defendant was serving a sentence for a felony, the court, with defendant's express consent, read to the jury a certificate of disposition establishing that defendant was convicted of a felony in 1990, without identifying the felony. Defendant now complains, for the first time on appeal, that, since the attempted escape occurred in 1997, the jury was thus informed that he was serving a sentence of at...
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