PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

No. 1-08-3458.

935 N.E.2d 1099 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Chicago ( Jonathan Krieger , Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Miles J. Keleher and Mary Beth Kinnerk , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, David Sanchez, was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(a)(2)(A) (West 2006)) and sentenced to nine years in prison. On appeal, the defendant contends that: (1) trial counsel was ineffective for allowing the State to impeach him with an inadmissible prior conviction, (2) the trial court's findings in announcing the verdict indicate that he was...

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