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PEOPLE v. BARNEY

No. 81389.

678 N.E.2d 1038 (1997)

176 Ill.2d 69

223 Ill.Dec. 30

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. George BARNEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Jeffrey D. Foust, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Springfield, for George Barney.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Michael D. Clary, State's Attorney, Danville (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Arleen C. Anderson and Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether a criminal defendant who has testified on his own behalf is entitled to a new trial because the prosecutor told the jury during closing argument that the defendant had an interest or bias in being found not guilty. Adhering to its recent decision in People v. Armstrong, 275 Ill.App.3d 503

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