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PEOPLE v. McFARLAND

No. 4-93-0164.

631 N.E.2d 746 (1994)

259 Ill. App.3d 479

197 Ill.Dec. 524

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice McFARLAND, a/k/a RaHeem, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 3, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Gary R. Peterson, Asst. Defender, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Atty., Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Jim Majors, Staff Atty., Springfield, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In December 1992, a jury convicted defendant, Maurice McFarland, of aggravated battery on a public way (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 12-4(b)(8)), and the trial court later sentenced him to 42 months in prison. Defendant appeals, arguing that reversible error occurred when the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury, and (2) permitted the State to introduce evidence depicting him as a drug pusher.

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