PEOPLE v. HARTFIELD

No. 84-2253.

137 Ill. App.3d 679 (1985)

484 N.E.2d 1136

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN HARTFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed October 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Gordon H. Berry, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mary Ellen Dienes and Lynn M. Egan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a conviction of rape and the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment under the habitual criminal statute. He cites four objections on appeal: (1) the trial court erred in denying a motion in limine in which defendant sought to exclude evidence of his two prior rape convictions; (2) he was unfairly prejudiced by the State's closing argument; ...

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