Illinois Supreme Court· 4/17/2003

People v. Ceja

Citations

789 N.E.2d 1228
204 Ill. 2d 332
273 Ill. Dec. 796
2003 Ill. LEXIS 766

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holding that consent under the eavesdropping statute may be express or implied; implied consent is consent in fact, inferred from the surrounding circumstances that indicate the individual knowingly agreed to the recording
ruling that no error occurred where the indictment charged defendant as a principal, the evidence did not establish which shooter killed which victim, and the State prosecuted defendant under a theory of accountability
rejecting the defendant’s argument “that it is unfair to allow the prosecution to control the availability of lesser-included offense instructions through the language of the charging instrument”
finding consent under the eavesdropping statute may be either express or implied
implied consent is consent inferred from surrounding circumstances indicating that a party has knowingly agreed to the surveillance
“Comments in closing argument must be considered in context of the entire closing argument of both the State and the defendant.” (citing People v. Cloutier, 156 Ill. 2d 483, 507 (1993))

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Judges: Freeman

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