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PEOPLE v. CRUZADO

No. 1-97-1418.

700 N.E.2d 707 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 131

233 Ill.Dec. 179

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eliezer CRUZADO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Kim L. Sorrells, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Christine Cook, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Eliezer Cruzado1 was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to a 28-year prison term. He appeals, raising as issues whether he was denied his right to a fair trial where (1) he was precluded from presenting witnesses; (2) the circuit court prohibited him from presenting evidence of his mental capacity to support his claim of self-defense; ...

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