PEOPLE v. CRAWFORD

No. 1-00-3672.

799 N.E.2d 479 (2003)

343 Ill. App.3d 1050

278 Ill.Dec. 761

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cecil CRAWFORD Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

October 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Office of the State Appellate Defender (Geneva L. Penson of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Mary L. Boland, and Shannon B. Rigby, of counsel), Chicago, For Appellee.


Justice HALL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Cecil D. Crawford, also known as Dowell, was found guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault. On October 12, 2000, he was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. Defendant filed his timely notice of appeal on October 17, 2000.

On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel was violated by the trial court's repeated interruptions...

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