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PEOPLE v. AGUIRRE

No. 2-96-0214.

684 N.E.2d 1372 (1997)

291 Ill. App.3d 1028

226 Ill.Dec. 169

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco AGUIRRE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Robert E. Davison (Court-appointed), DePaepe & Davison, Springfield, for Francisco Aguirre.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Gary K. Chan, Chicago, for the People.

Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Francisco Aguirre, was convicted of the unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24— 1.1(a) (West 1994)). The trial court sentenced defendant to eight years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial.

At trial, Detective Scott Chastain, of the Waukegan police department, testified that he and Detective...

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