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PEOPLE v. TRENT

No. 3-97-0977.

734 N.E.2d 1 (2000)

315 Ill. App.3d 437

248 Ill.Dec. 293

The PEOPLE of The State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James TRENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna K. Kelly (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for James Trent.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria, Rita Kennedy Mertel (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice KOEHLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant-appellant, James Trent, appeals his conviction in the Peoria County circuit court of first degree murder and aggravated battery of a child and the imposition of a sentence of natural life imprisonment without parole. This court must answer the following questions: (1) Did the defense counsel employ a strategy that constituted no defense and concede Trent's guilt in closing argument, thereby denying...

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