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PEOPLE v. McCLAIN

No. 1-01-1936.

799 N.E.2d 322 (2003)

343 Ill. App.3d 1122

278 Ill.Dec. 604

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wardell McCLAIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ann C. McCallister, Assistant Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Annette Collins, Alan Spellberg, Krista Peterson, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a third jury trial,1 defendant Wardell McClain was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to an extended term of 80 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant argues that (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying his request for a continuance to bring in a witness, (2) the trial court improperly retroactively employed the recently amended version of section...

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