People v. Jones

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant J.C. Jones was found guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault. The trial judge sentenced defendant to 25 years in the Blinois Department of Corrections. The issues defendant raises on appeal are: (1) that he was denied a fair trial when the prosecutor argued that his post-arrest silence was evidence of his guilt; and (2) that he was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor made various statements during closing argument which (a) unjustly attacked defense counsel, (b) were calculated to inflame…