PEOPLE v. PICKENS

No. 1-93-3790.

653 N.E.2d 778 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 226

210 Ill.Dec. 583

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin PICKENS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Unsinn, Asst. Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Renee G. Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Kim A. Nivi, of counsel), for appellee.


Justice RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant, Kevin Pickens, was found guilty of first degree murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Defendant appeals this conviction and sentence. Defendant contends that: (1) the prosecutor argued in closing that the jury could consider defendant's status as the accused as a motive for defendant to lie thus denying him due process; (2) the prosecution bolstered its witnesses; (3) the prosecutor...

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