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In Gates, the prosecutor implied that if the defendant had been acting in self-defense he would have told the police of that defense instead of remaining silent.
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No. 57566 Reversed and remanded.
August 24, 1973. Abstract of Decision
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. KENNETH R. WENDT, Judge, presiding.
James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Suzanne M. Kohut and Robert Gevirtz, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.
Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Kenneth L. Gillis and Patricia Campbell Bobb, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.
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