hold that it was well within the bounds of the sound discretion of the district court to deny the requested continuance in this case.


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AFFIRMED.



Notes:


1
 Only three of the counts (the two felony in possession of a firearm counts and one theft of a firearm count) proceeded to trial. Two of the original five charges were dismissed by the court on motion of the prosecutors


2
 It was determined that the two facts (date and name of the officer) were inaccurately relayed to Officer Meznarick by police officers from Kankakee County


3
 References to the suppression hearing transcript are herein denoted "Supp. Hr'g Tr.," while references to the transcript of the 1990 plea hearing are denoted "1990 Plea Tr.," citations to the transcript of the pretrial conference are referred to asStory highlights Acclaimed author faced heavy criticism for her comments on transgender women

Adichie later clarified her comments on Facebook but did not apologize

(CNN) Acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is standing by her comments on transgender women which caused widespread outcry last week.

Adichie was accused of implying transgender women are not "real women," after a interview with Channel 4 last week, where she suggested the experiences of transgender women differ from women who are born female. Her comments drew immense criticism, resulting in Adichie posting a "clarification" of her earlier remarks on Facebook.

"From the very beginning, I think it's been quite clear that there's no way I could possibly say that trans women are not women," she said.

"It's the sort of thing to me that's obvious, so I