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PEOPLE v. PRATER

No. 5-86-0327.

158 Ill. App.3d 330 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 842

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

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and E. Joyce Randolph, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Dick Allen, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Prater, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County finding him in direct criminal contempt of court for refusing to testify at the trial of a codefendant. Defendant was sentenced to serve a six-month term of imprisonment. After defendant filed his notice of appeal, the trial court modified its original sentence to deny him credit for...

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