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Illinois Supreme Court· 3/18/1981

People v. Jackson

Citations

  • 418 N.E.2d 739
  • 84 Ill. 2d 350
  • 49 Ill. Dec. 719
  • 1981 Ill. LEXIS 256

How courts have described this case

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  • “prosecutor may properly comment unfavorably on the defendant and the violence of the crime, when supported by the evidence”
  • “prosecutor may properly comment unfavorably on the defendant and the violence of the crime, when supported by the evidence”
  • a defendant who fails to raise an issue and obtain a ruling thereon in the trial court or who fails to present an issue on his motion for a new trial waives the issue and cannot raise or rely on such issue for the first time on appeal

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Judges: Underwood

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