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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-98-4680.

740 N.E.2d 457 (2000)

317 Ill. App.3d 666

251 Ill.Dec. 376

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deangelo JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Alison Edwards, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Alan J. Spellberg and Janet Powers Doyle, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant claims he was the victim of prosecutorial excess during his murder trial before a jury. He was. He was inaccurately described at trial as a convicted narcotics salesman and a convicted felon. In addition, his failure to testify was argued by inference and his lawyer was referred to as "a professional criminal defense lawyer."

Because the defendant's lawyer did not make timely objections, and...

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