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People v. Cruzado

Citations

  • 700 N.E.2d 707
  • 299 Ill. App. 3d 131
  • 233 Ill. Dec. 179
  • 1998 Ill. App. LEXIS 600

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Courts acknowledge that a strong prejudice against... gangs may exist, particularly in metropolitan areas.”
  • because the evidence in question did not tend to show that the victim had a violent character, the evidence had no probative value in determining whether the victim or the defendant was the aggressor during the altercation

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Judges: Hartman, Hourihane, Hoffman

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