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PEOPLE v. CHRISTMAS

No. 77-514.

370 N.E.2d 65 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 612

12 Ill.Dec. 442

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kermit CHRISTMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

November 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, Cook County, Chicago (Michael C. Genova and Gail A. Moreland, Asst. Public Defenders, Chicago, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty., Cook County, Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Linda Ann Miller and Michael Boyle, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

O'CONNOR, Justice:

Defendant Kermit Christmas was charged by indictment with rape and was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County. He was sentenced to imprisonment for from five to fifteen years.

On appeal, his sole contention is that the trial court erred by impermissibly acting on the side of the prosecution by rehabilitating a prosecution witness who had been impeached by the defense.

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