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PEOPLE v. DANIELS

Nos. 1-96-2831, 1-89-3429.

702 N.E.2d 324 (1998)

301 Ill. App.3d 87

234 Ill.Dec. 158

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael DANIELS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

October 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Alison Edward, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll, Celeste Steward Stack, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is one of the first, if not the first, criminal cases in Illinois where a trial judge allowed the State to present DNA evidence against the accused. One of the defendant's contentions is that his attorney was illequipped to challenge the evidence. We examine that contention, as well as the State's claim that the DNA evidence did defendant no harm.

In this consolidated appeal Michael Daniels (Daniels...

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