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PEOPLE v. SIMS

No. 1-02-0147.

832 N.E.2d 237 (2005)

358 Ill. App.3d 627

295 Ill.Dec. 86

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Octavis SIMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Jennifer Y. Wu, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Christine Cook, Allison C. Marshall, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Octavis Sims was convicted of first degree murder under section 9-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2000)) and sentenced to 23 years in prison. He appeals, claiming that the trial court: (1) improperly admitted evidence in a pretrial hearing that he failed a polygraph examination; (2) allowed improper closing

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