Contrary to defendant's contention, the prosecutor's cross-examination of defendant and remarks on summation did not deprive him of a fair trial. The cumulative effect of the prosecutorial comments did not protray defendant as having a propesity for homicidal violence. While the prosecutor's summation remark that this case involved a "murder * * * by this twice convicted felon" was improper, the trial court promptly issued curative instructions while the jury is presumed...
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