PEOPLE v. BEGAY

No. 1-05-2453.

879 N.E.2d 962 (2007)

377 Ill. App.3d 417

316 Ill.Dec. 574

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sylvia BEGAY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Arianne Stein, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Michelle Katz, Whitney Bond, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sylvia Begay, appeals her jury convictions for armed violence and aggravated battery and her sentence of 10 years' imprisonment for the armed violence count and a concurrent sentence of 5 years' imprisonment for aggravated battery. On appeal, defendant contends: (1) the circuit court erred in allowing prejudicial other crimes evidence where the State did not establish defendant's connection to...

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