Illinois Supreme Court· 12/21/1987

People v. Johnson

Citations

518 N.E.2d 100
119 Ill. 2d 119
115 Ill. Dec. 575
1987 Ill. LEXIS 277

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holding that the prosecutor’s characterization of the defendant as an “animal” was improper but ultimately not prejudicial
holding that the admonishment the defendant received substantially complied with the rule despite the trial court incorrectly informing the defendant under Rule 401(a) that the minimum sentence was a “number of years” when it was actually natural life in prison
finding substantial compliance in part because defendant was “no stranger to criminal proceedings”
waiver of counsel valid despite trial court’s failure to advise defendant that he faced a mandatory minimum sentence of life imprisonment
prosecutor described the victims as having been “ ‘butchered by an animal, and that animal is among us today, and he sits right there’ ”
improper to characterize the defendant as an “animal” during closing argument even when characterization was based on evidence

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Judges: Moran, Simon

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