People v. Vasquez

The defendant, Alexander Vasquez, was indicted for attempted murder of two police officers and found guilty after a trial by jury. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years.

On appeal, the defendant contends that the State’s prejudicial and inflammatory closing argument deprived him of his right to a fair trial and we agree.

In view of our determination to reverse and remand the cause for a new trial we need not detail the evidence. Briefly the record reveals that on November 16, 1969, police officers Carl Smith and Edward Tansey were…