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PEOPLE v. VERNON

No. 3-02-0560.

805 N.E.2d 1222 (2004)

346 Ill. App.3d 775

282 Ill.Dec. 205

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvin Earl VERNON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

February 27, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy B. Harris (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Alvin Earl Vernon.

Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director, Dawn D. Duffy (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria, for the People.

Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Alvin Earl Vernon, was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault (720 ILCS 5/12-14(a)(2) (West 2000)) and sentenced to 14 years in prison. On appeal, the defendant asserts that the trial court erred in failing to conduct a fitness hearing when a bona fide doubt had been raised as to his competence to stand trial. We affirm.

FACTS

The defendant was charged with aggravated...

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