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· 2/19/1924

People ex rel. Porter v. Minnie Creek Drainage District

Citations

  • 311 Ill. 228
  • 142 N.E. 463

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • using the verbs “aid” 11 and “participate” and also giving the “mere presence” and “failure to oppose” instructions
  • determining jury instruction correctly stated the law on accomplice liability; instruction did not explicitly state that jury had to determine Boney had the mens rea to commit murder, but the instruction, read as a whole, sufficiently informed the jury of the required mental state
  • instruction not erroneous for failure to state specifically that defendant gave weapon to shooter with knowledge or intent it would be used to kill

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Judges: Cartwright

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