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PEOPLE v. SMYLIE

No. 80-1633.

103 Ill. App.3d 679 (1981)

431 N.E.2d 1130

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES SMYLIE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied January 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Steve Clark, and Barbara Kamm, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Kevin Sweeney, and Richard J. Cosentino, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

James Smylie was charged by information with the murder of Lawrence Sanders. After a jury trial, Smylie was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 25 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals, asserting: (1) he was denied a fair trial by the trial court's limitation of defense counsel's cross-examination of two police officers; (2) he was denied due process and...

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