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People v. Pegram

Citations

  • 529 N.E.2d 506
  • 124 Ill. 2d 166
  • 124 Ill. Dec. 525
  • 1988 Ill. LEXIS 125

How courts have described this case

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  • prosecutor’s cross-examination of defendant and comment on defendant’s failure to offer exculpatory explanation at time of arrest or any time before trial were improper
  • prosecutor’s cross-examination of defendant and comment on defendant’s failure to offer exculpatory explanation at time of arrest or any time before trial were improper
  • jury was not informed that the prosecution had the burden of proving beyond reasonable doubt the elements of armed robbery but also that the defendant was not compelled in his conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Ward

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