Appellate Court of Illinois· 2/11/2010

People v. Munoz

Citations

923 N.E.2d 898
398 Ill. App. 3d 455
338 Ill. Dec. 38
2010 Ill. App. LEXIS 100

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noting that a witness is not permitted to comment on the veracity of another witness’s credibility
noting that an officer’s testimony at trial that he did not believe the defendant ever told him the truth was an impermissible comment on the defendant’s credibility
noting that “we have already found that the evidence in this case was closely balanced” and proceeding to review the defendant’s claims for error
stating that a police officer is “a ‘figure of authority,’ whose testimony the jury likely would have credited with more weight”
finding unfair prejudice where the officer’s lay opinion “invade[d] the province of the jury” by telling it whom to believe
finding unfair prejudice where the officer’s lay opinion “invade[d] the province of the jury” by telling it whom to believe

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Judges: Joseph Gordon

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