People v. Garcia

Defendant, Servando Garcia, was convicted of murder (111. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and was sentenced to a 45-year term of imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that he is entitled to a new trial for the following reasons: (1) the prosecutor made misstatements during closing argument about the law of accountability; (2) the prosecutor made improper remarks during trial and closing argument in which he vouched for the credibility of the State’s key witness; (3) the trial judge failed to admonish most of the jurors that they were not to discuss the case with one another prior…