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PEOPLE v. McGEE

No. 3-95-0810.

679 N.E.2d 796 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 1049

223 Ill.Dec. 345

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Walter McGEE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

May 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Ehmann, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Thomas Walter McGee, Defendant-Appellant.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria, and Terry A. Mertel, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice HOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Thomas Walter McGee, was convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm (720 ILCS 5/24-1.2 (West 1994)) and sentenced to six years in prison. On appeal, he claims that the prosecutor made improper comments during closing arguments and that the trial court considered an improper factor in aggravation in determining his sentence. We affirm.

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