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- Title: People v. Perez
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1St Division) Judgment Affirmed
- Release Date : January 07, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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Defendant Anthony Perez was found guilty of murder following a jury trial, and sentenced to a term of natural life. Defendant appeals, arguing: (1) his rights to remain silent and to counsel were not scrupulously honored; (2) the trial court erroneously restricted cross-examination of a key State witness and therefore the jury could not fairly assess the weight to be given defendant's admission; (3) he was deprived a fair trial by the manner in which the prosecution presented defendant's confession to the jury; (4) the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence a police investigator's testimony regarding powder burns on the victim's wounds, thereby prejudicing defendant; (5) he was denied a fair trial due to the prosecutor's improper remarks; (6) he was denied due process when he was sentenced to a term of natural life because the trial judge told him, prior to trial, that the maximum sentence he could receive if he pleaded not guilty, was 80 years; (7) the case must be remanded for a new sentencing hearing because defense counsel was not afforded the presentence report in the requisite period of time; (8) the trial court abused its discretion by sentencing defendant to natural life because the evidence failed to prove that defendant participated in the mutilation of the deceased; and (9) the discretion vested in the trial judge to sentence a defendant to a natural life term violates the equal protection clause. We affirm.