PEOPLE v. MYERS

No. 3-92-0581.

616 N.E.2d 633 (1993)

246 Ill. App.3d 542

186 Ill.Dec. 443

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest R. MYERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

July 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Edward Loughran, Joliet, Janet Gandy Fowler, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for Ernest R. Myers.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Edward Burmila, Jr., Will County State's Atty., Joliet, J. Paul Hoffmann (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Ernest Myers was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and was sentenced to a ten-year term of imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that his defense counsel was ineffective and that he was denied a fair trial by certain comments by the prosecutor during closing argument. We affirm.

Officer James Reilly of the Joliet police department testified that...

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