PEOPLE v. KNELLER

No. 2-89-0834.

579 N.E.2d 1218 (1991)

219 Ill. App.3d 834

162 Ill.Dec. 404

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis KNELLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

October 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Robert C. Cooper, Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Dep. Defr., Ann Meyer, Chicago, for Dennis Kneller.

Paul A. Logli, Winnebago County State's Atty., Rockford, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Cynthia N. Schneider, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for the People.


Justice WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Dennis Kneller, was found guilty but mentally ill of the offenses of burglary and criminal damage to property. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 years for burglary and 5 years for criminal damage to property. Defendant appeals, raising the following issues: whether he was denied a fair trial due to a comment by the prosecutor during closing arguments; and whether he...

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