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PEOPLE v. WILLS

No. 2-86-0106.

151 Ill. App.3d 418 (1986)

502 N.E.2d 775

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAURA WILLS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied February 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Robert C. Cooper, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Kenneth R. Boyle, William L. Browers, and David A. Bernhard, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Laura Wills, appeals from her conviction of forgery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 17-3) after a jury trial, contending that she was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor stated in closing argument that defendant's testimony was uncorroborated by certain witnesses who did not testify.

Defendant was charged by information filed September 6, 1985, with forgery...

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