PEOPLE v. BARRAZA

No. 2-97-0895.

708 N.E.2d 1256 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 794

237 Ill.Dec. 216

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leopoldo Z. BARRAZA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 31, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court appointed), Elgin and Karen L. Daniel (Court appointed), Oak Park, for Leopoldo A. Barraza.

Paul A. Logli, Winnebago County State's Atty., Rockford, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, Terry A. Mertel, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Leopoldo Barraza, appeals his conviction of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12-16(c)(1) (West 1996)). Defendant contends that (1) he was denied a fair trial by the prosecutor's closing argument in which he argued facts outside the record and personally vouched for the credibility of the State's witnesses, and (2) that his fine must be vacated because...

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