PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 1-86-0959.

198 Ill. App.3d 976 (1990)

556 N.E.2d 697

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RODNEY LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Rehearing denied July 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, William D. Carroll, and Darlene White, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-appellant Rodney Lewis (Lewis) was found guilty of aggravated battery after a jury trial and sentenced to a nine-year term of imprisonment. On appeal, Lewis argues that (1) the prosecutor's misstatements of law, references to his aliases and other improper remarks deprived him of a fair trial; and (2) the trial court abused its discretion when it imposed the nine-year sentence....

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