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People v. Ray

Citations

  • 467 N.E.2d 1078
  • 126 Ill. App. 3d 656
  • 82 Ill. Dec. 5
  • 1984 Ill. App. LEXIS 2184

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  • remanding for new trial where prosecutor told the jury he wished he could give the jurors his file and then referred to information not in evidence
  • prosecutor committed reversible error when he told the jury in closing that “I have all of this that says” the defendant bed, and “I wish I could give you my file as you sit there to go back in there, but I’m not allowed to because that is the law”

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Judges: Hartman

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