PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 1-08-2600.

929 N.E.2d 124 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Omar SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

May 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, David T. Harris, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, IL, for Omar Scott.


Presiding Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In a spark of creativity, appellant maintains that his purported right to choose whether to testify was impeded by the trial judge's blanket policy of deferring rulings on motions limiting the admissibility of prior convictions. Although we presumed the issue had been laid to rest by our supreme court in Averett1, the changing contours of the landscape require that we...

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