PEOPLE v. BLACK

No. 80-1002.

107 Ill. App.3d 591 (1982)

437 N.E.2d 1282

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS BLACK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed July 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and Kyle Wesendorf, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Fred L. Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Thomas Black, was convicted in a jury trial of rape, burglary and armed violence. He was sentenced to nine years for rape, six years for armed violence and three years for burglary to be served concurrently. Defendant contends on appeal that the prosecutor's references to him as a "peeping tom" during closing argument were unsupported by the evidence and thus denied him...

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