People v. Martin 

Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of attempted murder and attempted armed robbery. Evidence that a shooting by Defendant a month prior to incident involved the same gun justified the court's decision to permit evidence of other crime, to bolster identification of Defendant as offender in present case. Although defense counsel should have objected to evidence of what Defendant said to victim during meeting when victim tried to obtain incriminating evidence as agent for State, and court should have excluded that evidence. However, no reversible error, as admissible evidence overwhelmingly proved Defendant guilty. (QUINN and STEELE, concurring.)