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PEOPLE v. PIERSON

No. 86-2880.

166 Ill. App.3d 558 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1185

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAYNE PIERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Rehearing denied March 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and Lynda A. Peters, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Jean T. McGuire Quinn, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial the defendant, Wayne Pierson, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1) and sentenced to a term of 28 years. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress his statement and that he was denied a fair trial as the result of certain inflammatory and improper remarks by the prosecutor during closing arguments...

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