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PEOPLE v. TURNER

No. 2-05-0808.

866 N.E.2d 1215 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John A. TURNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Andrew A. Ziemba (Court-appointed), Mt. Prospect, for John A. Turner.

Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney, Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Margaret M. Healy, Woodridge, for the People.

Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, John A. Turner, was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 2004)). He was sentenced to one year in prison. On appeal, he contends that (1) the trial court erred in excluding as irrelevant a third party's admissions to other crimes; and (2) he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We agree with his first contention, and...

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