PEOPLE v. GAYTON

No. 3-96-0460.

688 N.E.2d 1206 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 442

228 Ill.Dec. 229

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terrance A. GAYTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy McGonigle, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, John F. Klunk, Lockport, for Terrance A. Gayton.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Stewart Umholtz, State's Attorney, Pekin, Gary F. Gnidovec, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Presiding Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Terrance A. Gayton was convicted of theft by deception. 720 ILCS 5/16-1(a)(2) (West 1994). On appeal, he contends (a) the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence defendant's driver's abstract and police testimony about the contents of his criminal history sheet, and (b) the State failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. We reverse and remand for a new trial...

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