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PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 2-98-0004.

710 N.E.2d 445 (1999)

304 Ill. App.3d 69

237 Ill.Dec. 815

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert P. BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Karen L. Daniel (Court appointed), Oak Park, for Albert P. Bennett.

Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Atty., Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, David A. Bernhard, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People.

Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Albert P. Bennett, was convicted of possession of contraband in a penal institution (720 ILCS 5/31A—1.1(g) (West 1996)). The trial court sentenced the defendant to five years in prison. The defendant appeals, contending that he was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor essentially argued during closing argument that the State's witnesses were credible because they...

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