PEOPLE v. WATKINS

No. 1-04-2084.

859 N.E.2d 265 (2006)

307 Ill.Dec. 265

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Levita WATKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Christopher M. Smith, Asst. App. Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, James E. Fitzgerald and Kathryn A. Scheirl, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, Chicago, for Appellee.


Judge MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Levita Watkins was convicted of aggravated battery and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court improperly admitted two witnesses' prior inconsistent statements as substantive evidence, and (2) the extraction and storage of her DNA violates her fourth amendment rights. We affirm.

Defendant and five other individuals were...

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