Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial, defendant, Ernestine Smith, was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 1996)) and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals her conviction and contends that the trial court abused its discretion by starting the trial in her absence without first determining whether she was willfully absent.
At trial, two North Chicago police...
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