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PEOPLE v. MONROE

No. 48043.

66 Ill.2d 317 (1977)

362 N.E.2d 295

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DICK MONROE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Frank X. Yackley, State's Attorney, of Ottawa (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, of Chicago, and Charles H. Levad, of Springfield, Assistant Attorneys General, and Edward N. Morris and Martin P. Moltz, of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide Appellate Assistance Service, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Louis E. Olivero, of Peru, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial in the circuit court of La Salle County, defendant, Dick Monroe, was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1401(c)). Holding that erroneously admitted testimony and improper closing argument were prejudicial to defendant, the appellate court reversed and remanded for a new trial. (32 Ill.App.3d...

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