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#DEMETRIUS BUCKLEY TRIAL CODE#
#DEMETRIUS BUCKLEY TRIAL TRIAL#

#DEMETRIUS BUCKLEY TRIAL TRIAL#

Similar to his second point, Johnson contends in his third point that he was denied a fair trial by the admission of evidence which linked him to other offenses or bad acts which had no probative value.

115-10.1.) Johnson presents no new case law or different argument in the present appeal than was presented in the prior appeal.

#DEMETRIUS BUCKLEY TRIAL CODE#

Kidd (1992), 147 Ill.2d 510, 591 N.E.2d 431, to support his claim that he was denied a fair trial and due process of law by the admission of Tremmel's recanted statement and grand jury testimony as substantive evidence pursuant to section 115-10.1 of the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In this appeal, as before, Johnson relies principally on the decision in People v.

The first issue, whether it was error for the trial court to have permitted the substantive use of Tremmel Broadwater's prior inconsistent and retracted statement and grand jury testimony, was vigorously argued by Johnson in the appeal he filed following his convictions for armed robbery and murder in relation to the Unocal gas station incident. We now turn our attention to the issues raised on appeal.

Linscott (1991), 142 Ill.2d 22, 566 N.E.2d 1355.) Here, as in the prior appeal, we find no reversible error in the prosecutor's conduct. Although there are certainly instances of prosecutorial misconduct which require reversal, the behavior must be particularly egregious and constitute a material factor in the conviction. As we noted in Johnson's prior appeal in the Unocal gas station robbery case, the claim of prosecutorial misconduct has become an all-too-frequent claim of last resort.