PEOPLE v. RICE

No. 1-90-1433.

599 N.E.2d 1253 (1992)

234 Ill. App.3d 12

175 Ill.Dec. 239

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin A. RICE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Matthew L. Moodhe, Susan Schierl, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Rita A. Fry, First Asst. Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Michael Davidson, Alison Edwards, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.


Justice DIVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant Melvin A. Rice guilty of aggravated battery and he was subsequently sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that the State improperly elicited testimony in violation of a motion in limine regarding a pending sex offense charge against him; the circuit court improperly restricted his cross-examination of a State witness...

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