People v. Jackson

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 1st degree murder of village mayor. State's mischaracterizations in closing argument were not reversible error. Court did not manifestly err in denying Defendant's request for appointment of new counsel and further hearing on pro se ineffective assistance of counsel claims.Court erred by permitting State's adversarial participation in Krankel preliminary hearing, but error was harmless.  (BURKE, KILBRIDE, GARMAN, KARMEIER, and THEIS, concurring.)