Illinois Supreme Court· 1/24/1983

People v. Bryant

Citations

447 N.E.2d 301
94 Ill. 2d 514
69 Ill. Dec. 84
1983 Ill. LEXIS 301

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“This court has repeatedly disapproved prosecutorial efforts to impart substantive character to prior inconsistent statements under the guise of impeachment.”
the Illinois Supreme Court “has consistently held that a prosecutor’s closing argument may *** reflect upon witness credibility”
\This court has repeatedly disapproved prosecutorial efforts to impart substantive character to prior inconsistent statements under the guise of impeachment.\
prosecutor’s comment that burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt was “ ‘met each and every day in courts’ ” did not reduce State’s burden

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Judges: Underwood, Clark, Goldenhersh

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