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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 85-1195.

158 Ill. App.3d 595 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 770

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellee, v. GREGORY SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed July 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark, of State Appellate Defender's Office, Alan Raphael, of Loyola University School of Law, and James P. Goodridge, law student, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Christopher J. Cummings, and Robert M. Podlasek, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial defendant Gregory Smith was found guilty of armed robbery, armed violence, and aggravated battery. He appeals urging the following: (1) his right to due process was violated by the prosecution's repeated references to his post-arrest silence; and (2) the cumulative impact of numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct, including improper closing and rebuttal, denied...

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