People v. Adams

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 18—2) for which the trial court sentenced him to a six-year term. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the State’s cross-examination of defendant was improper for it was designed to elicit his opinion of the credibility of State’s witnesses and suggested that he had a duty to explain their motivation for fabricating testimony; and (2) the cumulative effect of the improper comments made by the State in rebuttal argument deprived defendant of a fair trial. For the reasons that follow we…