PEOPLE v. MELTON

No. 1-06-0039.

4 N.E.3d 99 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 060039

378 Ill. Dec. 500

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terrance MELTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , Patricia Unsinn , Maria A. Harrigan , and Pamela Rubeo , State Appellate Defender's Office, Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , John E. Nowak , Noah Montague , James E. Fitzgerald , Rimas F. Cernius , and Jennifer Chow , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant Terrance Melton was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contended that: (1) the trial court erred in admitting his prior convictions as impeachment evidence; (2) he is entitled to a new trial because the prosecutor made inflammatory remarks not based in evidence during...

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