Appellate Court of Illinois· 5/12/1994

People v. Rivera

Citations

634 N.E.2d 347
262 Ill. App. 3d 16
199 Ill. Dec. 508

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explaining that it is not improper to call the defendant a “liar” if conflicts in the evidence make such an assertion a fair inference
explaining that it is not improper to call the defendant a \liar\ if conflicts in the evidence make such an assertion a fair inference
“In the remarks of which [the] defendant complains, the prosecutor merely asserted that certain witnesses testified truthfully,” and the prosecutor “is entitled to assume the truth of the State’s evidence.”

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Judges: Quetsch

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