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PEOPLE v. SPATES

No. 51174.

77 Ill.2d 193 (1979)

395 N.E.2d 563

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LESTER SPATES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Deputy Defender, of Chicago (Daniel Cummings, Assistant Appellate Defender, and Randy K. Johnson, law student, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Lester Spates, was convicted of armed robbery in the circuit court of Winnebago County. The appellate court affirmed the conviction. (62 Ill.App.3d 890.) The defendant contends that the trial court erroneously denied a motion in limine which would have prevented the admission of a prior misdemeanor theft conviction as evidence...

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