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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 59096.

22 Ill. App.3d 854 (1974)

318 N.E.2d 342

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ISAAC THOMAS, JUNIOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

September 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley and Lynn Sara Frackman, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Jerome Charles Randolph, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County. The defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a term of 35 to 60 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary.

The issues presented on appeal are (1) whether the prosecutor's reference to the defendant as a "criminal" constituted prejudicial error; (2) whether the State's comment on...

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