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PEOPLE v. VASSER

No. 1-99-1892.

770 N.E.2d 1194 (2002)

331 Ill. App.3d 675

264 Ill.Dec. 498

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael VASSER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

May 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Eileen T. Pahl, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and Katherine Blakey Cox, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel; Mary Anna Planey, a graduate of Thomas M. Cooley Law School and a law clerk in the Criminal Appeals Division of the State's Attorney's Office, assisted in the research and preparation of the brief), for Appellee.

Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Michael Vasser was found guilty of felony theft of a gas station where he was employed. He was sentenced to 18 months' probation. On appeal, defendant argues that he was: (1) denied effective assistance of trial counsel; (2) prejudiced by the admission of other crimes evidence; (3) prejudiced by the admission of the owner's testimony...

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