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PEOPLE v. McDONALD

No. 2-90-0835.

590 N.E.2d 1003 (1992)

227 Ill. App.3d 92

169 Ill.Dec. 84

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Talmage J. McDONALD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, argued, Office of the State Appellate Defender, James E. Wallis, on brief, James W. Buckley, Law Offices of James E. Wallis, Granite City, for Talmadge J. McDonald.

James E. Ryan, DuPage County State's Atty., Wheaton, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Martin P. Moltz, argued, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial in absentia, defendant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Ill.Rev. Stat.1987, ch. 56½, par. 1401) and, also in absentia, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, asserting that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant's counsel's request for a continuance; (2) the trial court failed to comply...

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