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PEOPLE v. KNOTT

No. 1-85-3248.

586 N.E.2d 479 (1991)

224 Ill. App.3d 236

166 Ill.Dec. 521

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher KNOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Guy L. Miller IV, Sandra Z. Nueschen, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Chicago (Karen Daniel, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant Christopher Knott guilty of armed robbery. The court sentenced him to a term of natural life imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that the State exercised its peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner; that he was denied a fair trial where an alibi witness was improperly impeached regarding his failure to report the alibi to the police; that the prosecutor made prejudicial...

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