PEOPLE v. CLAY

No. 76-227.

45 Ill. App.3d 145 (1977)

359 N.E.2d 482

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EMMA LEE CLAY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District (1st Division).

Opinion filed January 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Michael Mulder, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Philip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE GUILD delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial the defendant herein was found guilty of theft of over $150 and sentenced to 1-10 years imprisonment.

Defendant has raised two questions in this appeal, the first being that she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and the second being that the introduction of a prior misdemeanor conviction of shoplifting for purposes of impeachment was reversible error...

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