People v. Skorusa

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• granting defense counsel’s request for a psychiatric examination does not raise a bona fide doubt
• granting defense counsel's request for a psychiatric examination does not raise a bona fide doubt
• it is permissible for a prosecutor to comment on the uncontradicted nature of the State’s case even where the only person who could have contradicted the State’s evidence was the defendant himself
• it is permissible for a prosecutor to comment on the uncontradicted nature of the State's case even where the only person who could have contradicted the State's evidence was the defendant himself
• it is permissible for a prosecutor to comment on the uncontradicted nature of the State's case even where the only person who could have contradicted the State's evidence was the defendant himself
• although defendant objected to certain remarks during closing argument which were intended to call attention to the defendant’s failure to testify, other portions of the argument commenting on his failure to testify were waived by the failure to make a timely objection

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