Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/30/2009

People v. Jackson

Citations

908 N.E.2d 72
391 Ill. App. 3d 11
330 Ill. Dec. 220
2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 193

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“Commenting on a defendant’s appearance during closing argument is implicitly recognized as falling within the bounds of legitimate argument.”
“Appellate courts are unwilling to infer that a prosecutor is injecting his personal opinion into an argument where the record does not unambiguously say so.”
counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to evidence of other crimes that was properly admitted as part of a continuing narrative
\Appellate courts are unwilling to infer that a prosecutor is injecting his personal opinion into an argument where the record does not unambiguously say so.\
counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to evidence of other crimes that was properly admitted as part of a continuing narrative
“Defense counsel’s choice not to seek a limiting instruction regarding other crimes evidence was purely a strategic decision made so as not to emphasize the evidence which, while proper, portrayed defendant in a bad light.”

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Judges: Robert E. Gordon

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