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PEOPLE v. AVERETT

Nos. 106362, 106621.

927 N.E.2d 1191 (2010)

237 Ill.2d 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Warren AVERETT, Appellant. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. David Tucker, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 15, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, and Debra Loevy-Reyes, of Loevy & Loevy, all of Chicago, for appellant in 106362.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James E. Futzgerald, Alan J. Spelling and Noah Montague, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in 106362.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, and Erin E.G. McFeron and Steven W. Becker, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant in 106621.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James E. Futzgerald, Alan J. Spelling and Noah Montague, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People in 106621.

OPINION

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

These consolidated appeals address whether a defendant may be entitled to relief on appeal after choosing not to testify at trial if the trial court had a "blanket policy" of deferring rulings on motions in limine to exclude prior convictions for impeachment until after the defendant testified. Defendant Warren Averett also contends that he should receive a new trial because...

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