People v. Mapp

First Division September 23, 1996 No. 1-95-2600 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) APPEAL FROM THE ) CIRCUIT COURT OF Plaintiff-Appellee, ) COOK COUNTY. ) v. ) ) JOSEPH MAPP, ) HONORABLE ) VINCENT GAUGHAN, Defendant-Appellant. ) JUDGE PRESIDING. JUSTICE WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court: During jury selection in this murder and armed robbery case the prosecutors made a shambles of Supreme Court Rule 234. They indoctrinated, preeducated, conditioned, and pretried. After both sides rested, the State's final argument contained improper references to the victim's surviving family.…