PEOPLE v. SPRAGGINS

No. 3-96-0094.

723 N.E.2d 359 (1999)

309 Ill. App.3d 591

243 Ill.Dec. 327

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ishmail SPRAGGINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Ishmail Spraggins.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Marshall E. Douglas, State's Attorney, Rock Island, Nancy Rink Carter, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Justice KOEHLER delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we are called upon to decide whether the defendant, Ishmail Spraggins, was denied a fair trial when the prosecution, through direct examination of one of its witnesses and then in closing argument, suggested that the defendant threatened prosecution witnesses. Concluding no reversible error, we affirm.

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