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Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/17/2009

People v. Bryant

Citations

  • 909 N.E.2d 391
  • 391 Ill. App. 3d 1072
  • 330 Ill. Dec. 678
  • 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 543

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the focus must be on the defendant’s ability to confront the witness, reserving for another day what the legal consequences would be if the witness answered some, but not all, of defense counsel’s questions
  • listing 24 cases that were decided over a 20-year period that are inconsistent with the rationale set forth in Learn
  • listing 24 cases decided over a 20-year period that were inconsistent with the rationale found in Learn
  • noting that because the confrontation clause placed no constraints on the use of the victim’s hearsay statements, “the question of the admissibility of those prior statements must be measured only by whether they meet the requirements of section 115 — 10 of the Code” (emphasis omitted)
  • noting that because the confrontation clause placed no constraints on the use of the victim’s hearsay statements, “the question of the admissibility of those prior statements must be measured only by whether they meet the requirements of section 115-10 of the Code” (emphasis omitted)
  • affirming the admission of the minor victim’s hearsay statements to others pursuant to section 115-10 of the Code despite the minor’s unwillingness or inability to testify on direct examination about specific sexual conduct the defendant forced the minor to perform

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Judges: Steigmann

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