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· 11/20/1957

The People v. Dukes

Citations

  • 146 N.E.2d 14
  • 12 Ill. 2d 334
  • 67 A.L.R. 2d 724
  • 1957 Ill. LEXIS 368

How courts have described this case

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  • finding it was “improper for the prosecutor to do or say anything in argument the only effect of which will be to inflame the passion or arouse the prejudice of the jury against the defendant without throwing any light on -9- the question for decision” (emphasis added)
  • finding it was \improper for the prosecutor to do or say anything in argument the only effect of which will be to inflame the passion or arouse the prejudice of the jury against the defendant without throwing any light on the question for decision \ (emphasis added
  • finding it was \improper for the prosecutor to do or say anything in argument the only effect of which will be to inflame the passion or arouse the prejudice of the jury against the defendant without throwing any light on the question for decision \ (emphasis added)
  • jury assumed to have deemed evidence material where objections to its admissibility were overruled

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Judges: Chiee, Davis, Daily, House

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