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PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 1-01-1988.

796 N.E.2d 1087 (2003)

342 Ill. App.3d 1089

277 Ill.Dec. 721

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Briscoe WATSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Michael J. Pelletier, Heather Sutton-Lewis, of counsel), for Appellant.

State's Attorney of County of Cook, Chicago (Richard A. Devine, Renee Goldfarb, Peter D. Fischer, Janet Powers Doyle, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Briscoe Watson was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated kidnaping and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for each offense, with those terms to be served concurrently. On appeal, defendant contends that in closing argument, the prosecution made several prejudicial statements that denied him the right to a fair trial. Defendant also asserts that an omission...

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