PEOPLE v. SIMS

No. 1-94-2592.

673 N.E.2d 1119 (1996)

285 Ill. App.3d 598

220 Ill.Dec. 698

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gordon SIMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, (Yasemin Eken, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, Cook County, (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Mari R. Hatzenbuehler, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Gordon Sims, was convicted of first degree murder after a jury trial and was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. On appeal, Sims argues that: (1) the State, during closing argument, erroneously implied that a State witness had changed his testimony at trial because he was afraid of the defendant; (2) the jury was improperly allowed to view a mug shot of defendant which showed that he had been previously...

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