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· 12/21/1995

People v. Bounds

Citations

  • 662 N.E.2d 1168
  • 171 Ill. 2d 1
  • 215 Ill. Dec. 28
  • 1995 Ill. LEXIS 219
  • 1995 WL 758188

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that independent corroborative evidence required to corroborate a confession need not establish beyond a reasonable doubt that an offense occurred
  • holding that autopsy photographs of a murder victim were properly admitted and published to the jury despite the cause of death being undisputed
  • holding that independent corroborative evidence required to corroborate a confession need not establish beyond a reasonable doubt that an offense occurred
  • holding that autopsy photographs of a murder victim were properly admitted and published to the jury despite the cause of death being undisputed
  • concluding that sexual assault could reasonably be inferred from evidence of a broom handle with feces found near a victim’s half-naked body together with evidence that victim’s anus was dilated
  • concluding that sexual assault could reasonably be inferred from evidence of a broom handle with feces found near a victim’s half naked body together with evidence that victim’s anus was dilated

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Judges: Miller, Harrison

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