Although it was improper for the prosecutor to question defendant's sister about whether she knew if defendant had ever used another name, there is no reason to assume that these few questions convinced the jury not only that defendant had used other names, but that he also had a criminal record, particularly since she answered that she had never known him to do so. Given the court's proper charge that questions alone are not evidence, and that the jury could not indulge...
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