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PEOPLE v. HILL

No. 77-47.

58 Ill. App.3d 822 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 1020

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHIL HILL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Mark Schuster, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Gene L. Armentrout, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE RECHENMACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was convicted of armed robbery, and was sentenced to a term of 4 years to 4 years and one day in the penitentiary. He appeals, contending that the prosecutor committed reversible error in his cross-examination of the defendant, by forcing him to judge the veracity of the witnesses against him, and by telling the jury in closing argument that the defendant was a liar...

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