PEOPLE v. FARIA

No. 1-09-0131.

931 N.E.2d 742 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cynthia FARIA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DePaul University Legal Clinic, Chicago (Professor Andrea D. Lyon, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, and Frank Cesarone, law student), for Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County (Alan J. Spellberg, Tasha-Marie Kelly, Jacqueline James, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Cynthia Faria was found guilty of possession of a stolen motor vehicle (625 ILCS 5/4-103(a)(1) (West 2008)) and was sentenced to a term of six years' imprisonment, to be followed by a two-year period of mandatory supervised release. On appeal, defendant contends she was denied the right to a fair trial because the trial court: (1) limited...

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