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PEOPLE v. PETERSON

No. 5-01-0932.

783 N.E.2d 1067 (2003)

336 Ill. App.3d 628

270 Ill.Dec. 767

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael A. PETERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 21, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Paige Clark Strawn, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon; Assisted by Jamie L. Eastwood, Third Year Law Student, Southern University School of Law, Carbondale, for Appellant.

Darrell Williamson, State's Attorney, Chester; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Sharon Shanahan, Contract Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

Michael A. Peterson has taken four brides. None of them have ever wanted to stay married to him for very long. In 1996, his second wife, Carol, simply could not rid herself of him without special help from the courts. When he ignored an order of protection that prohibited contact with Carol, repeatedly driving by her residence, Peterson was prosecuted and convicted of violating the protective order. He was fined and...

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