PEOPLE v. TATE

No. 3-86-0530.

156 Ill. App.3d 950 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 801

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES W. TATE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed June 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Kelly, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Edward Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (William L. Browers, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Charles W. Tate, appeals from his conviction of forgery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 17-3(a)(2).) He argues that he was denied a fair and impartial trial by the prosecutor's comments during closing arguments. We reverse.

The defendant was tried and convicted on a charge that he knowingly delivered a United States Treasury check which was apparently...

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