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PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

Nos. 1-90-2220, 1-90-2590.

611 N.E.2d 1043 (1993)

243 Ill. App.3d 138

183 Ill.Dec. 395

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cornelius WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

February 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T.

McCurry and Donna C. Leak, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Maria A. Harrigan, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant Cornelius Washington of first degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and home invasion. He was sentenced to natural life in prison for the murder, with concurrent 60-year sentences for the other two crimes. Defendant contends in this appeal that he did not receive a fair trial because (1) the prosecutor commented, without substantiation, that the reason the State's witnesses...

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