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PEOPLE v. McLAURIN

No. 1-05-1149.

889 N.E.2d 1124 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie McLAURIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Chicago (Manuel Serritos, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Annette Collins, Allison Brunell Sise, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Presiding Justice NEVILLE delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, the defendant, Willie McLaurin, was convicted of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6(a)(l), (a)(3)(A)(West 2004)) and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 2004)), and he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. On appeal, he contends (1) that his constitutional and statutory right to be present at his trial was violated when, without...

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