PEOPLE v. DACE

No. 5-91-0523.

604 N.E.2d 1013 (1992)

237 Ill. App.3d 476

178 Ill.Dec. 490

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario DACE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

November 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Edwin J. Anderson, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

Robert Haida, State's Atty., Belleville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Johannah B. Weber, Law Clerk, Office of the State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 10, 1991, a jury convicted Mario Dace, 19, of criminal sexual assault. He was sentenced to five years in prison. On appeal he argues that (1) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) his right to a fair trial was violated by the State's improper and inflammatory closing argument, and (3) the court improperly relied upon his continuing claim of...

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