PEOPLE v. VALENTINE

No. 1-96-1946.

700 N.E.2d 700 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 1

233 Ill.Dec. 172

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gladstone VALENTINE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State Appellate Defender, Chicago, Beckett & Webber, P.C., Urbana (J. Steven Beckett, Brett N. Olmstead, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Celeste Stewart Stack, John J. Rock, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Gladstone Valentine, appeals his convictions for aggravated battery and unlawful restraint and his sentence of an extended term of 10 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends: (1) he was deprived of a fair trial when the State cross-examined him about four prior unrelated battery arrests in front of the jury; (2) he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel when his counsel introduced...

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