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PEOPLE v. EVANS

No. 4-02-1035.

811 N.E.2d 248 (2004)

349 Ill.App.3d 311

285 Ill.Dec. 7

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert L. EVANS, Jr., Defendant, and John L. Britton, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Keleigh L. Biggins, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for John L. Britton.

Scott Rueter, State's Attorney, Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director (David A. Hibben, of counsel), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

Presiding Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John L. Britton, appeals his October 2002 conviction for indirect criminal contempt of court based on his failure to appear to testify in Memphis, Tennessee, pursuant to the trial court's order under the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings (Act) (725 ILCS 220/1 through 6 (West 2002)). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

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