PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 1-07-1925.

907 N.E.2d 25 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Perry WARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Jessica D. Pamon, Assistant Appellate Defender, for Defendant-Appellant.

State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, IL, Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, James E. Fitzgerald, Douglas P. Harvath, Joseph A. Alexander, Assistant State's Attorneys, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice FITZGERALD SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Perry Ward was convicted of criminal sexual assault of Mable M. and sentenced as a Class X offender to 25 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending the trial court erred by: (1) admitting other-crimes evidence to show defendant's propensity to commit sex crimes; (2) relying during sentencing on evidence of a prior sex crime for which defendant had been...

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