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PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

No. 1-08-3458.

935 N.E.2d 1099 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Jonathan Krieger, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, Chicago (Alan J. Spellberg, Miles J. Keleher and Mary Beth Kinnerk, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, David Sanchez, was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(a)(2)(A) (West 2006)) and sentenced to nine years in prison. On appeal, the defendant contends that: (1) trial counsel was ineffective for allowing the State to impeach him with an inadmissible prior conviction, (2) the trial court's findings in announcing the verdict indicate that he was...

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