Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:
A jury convicted defendant, Peter Assenato, of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1), and the circuit court sentenced him to a 40 year term of imprisonment. He appeals, presenting as issues whether the State proved him guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt and whether prejudicial statements made by the prosecutor and certain testimony elicited at trial operated to deny him a fair trial. For the following...
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