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PEOPLE v. GEIGER

No. 113181.

978 N.E.2d 1061 (2012)

2012 IL 113181

365 Ill. Dec. 558

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Terrell D. GEIGER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Peter A. Carusona and Thomas A. Lilien , Deputy Defenders, and Fletcher P. Hamill , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and Karl R. Triebel , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 After a bench trial, defendant, Terrell Geiger (Geiger), was found guilty of direct criminal contempt for refusing to testify as a State's witness at the murder trial of Javar Hollins. The court imposed a sentence of 20 years' imprisonment. Defendant appealed his sentence to the appellate court, which affirmed with one justice dissenting. 2011 IL App (3d) 090688,

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