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PEOPLE v. BONDS

No. 1-07-1629.

908 N.E.2d 102 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephanie BONDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Ann B. McLennan, Assistant Appellate Def., Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Appellant-Stephanie Bonds.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, of counsel Assistant State's Attorneys, James E. Fitzgerald, Rimas F. Cernius, Jennifer Chow, Chicago, IL, for Appellee-People of the State of Illinois.

Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In the present appeal we encounter the contentions of the defendant that the rule barring hearsay testimony was improperly invoked so as to preclude her defense at trial. Following a jury trial, Stephanie Bonds was convicted of first degree murder of her 10-week-old son and sentenced to a term of 45 years' imprisonment. On appeal, she contends that the trial court's erroneous evidentiary rulings precluded her from...

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