Appellate Court of Illinois· 10/5/1989

People v. Cameron

Citations

546 N.E.2d 259
189 Ill. App. 3d 998
137 Ill. Dec. 505
1989 Ill. App. LEXIS 1554

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holding that “the offense [of fleeing and eluding a peace officer] occurs even though the accused obeys the direction to stop but then, before the purpose of the stop is complete, flees”
“ ‘arresting or investigating officer should not be put in the false position of seeming just to have happened upon the scene’ ”
court should conduct a hearing out of the jury’s presence to determine both the scope of third-party out-of-court statements and the need for the jury to hear them
“ ‘arresting or investigating officer should not be put in the false position of seeming just to have happened upon the scene’ ”
an officer should be able to explain the officer’s presence and conduct rather than just seeming to appear at the scene
28 grams of cocaine, with only other evidence of intent being a State witness’ testimony that an average user would not normally possess such a quantity of cocaine for personal use

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Judges: Green

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