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PEOPLE v. HOWARD

No. 2-97-1133.

712 N.E.2d 380 (1999)

305 Ill. App.3d 300

238 Ill.Dec. 658

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard L. HOWARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Paul J. Glaser (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Richard L. Howard.

Paul A. Logli, Winnebago County State's Attorney, Rockford, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Parker H. Johnson, Ottosen, Trevarthen, Britz & Dooley, Ltd., Wheaton, for the People.

Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Richard L. Howard, was convicted of first-degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2)) and sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion by (1) permitting the State to bolster a witness's testimony through the use of the testimony of an expert witness...

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